California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hughes, H044110 (Cal. App. 2017):
Appellant was convicted of numerous sex crimes on September 29, 2000. As described in this court's opinion from the judgment, People v. Hughes (July 11, 2003, H022186) [nonpub opn.]1, "A jury convicted defendant of 12 counts of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, 288, subd. (b)),2 4 counts of rape with a foreign object ( 289, subd. (a)), 19 counts of kidnapping ( 207, subd. (a)), and 1 count of misdemeanor possession of child pornography ( 311.11, subd. (a)). The jury found true enhancement allegations on various counts for multiple victims ( 667.61, subd. (e)(5)), kidnapping ( 667.61, subd. (e)(1)), aggravated kidnapping ( 667.61, subd. (d)(2)), impersonation of a police officer ( 667.17), and kidnapping of a person
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under the age of 14 for the purposes of committing a sexual offense ( 667.8, subd. (b)). The jury also found true numerous probation ineligibility allegations (1203.066, subds. (a)(3), (6) & (7)). [] Defendant was sentenced to a total term of 268 years eight months to life in prison . . . ." (People v. Hughes, supra, H022186 [at pp. 1-2, fn. omitted].) This court modified the judgment to require a sentence of 215 years 4 months to life and affirmed. (People v. Hughes, supra, H022186 [at p. 47].)
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