P. v. Torres
Secundino Teodoro Torres appeals for a second time in this action in which he was convicted of committing numerous acts of sexual molestation on C. when she was between the ages of eight and 12. After we modified the judgment as a result of Torres's first appeal to reflect lesser included offenses on two of the counts and remanded for resentencing, the trial court resentenced Torres to prison for a term of 72 years eight months.
Torres contends that he received ineffective assistance from defense counsel because she failed to argue at resentencing that the trial court should exercise its discretion to impose concurrent rather than consecutive sentences for some of the counts. As we will explain, we conclude that the record on appeal is insufficient to establish that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance, and we therefore reject Torres's argument. Torres also argues, and the Attorney General agrees, that the abstract of judgment should be modified to correct a clerical error. We order the trial court to correct the clerical error in the abstract of judgment, and we otherwise affirm the judgment.
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