P. v. Augustus
A jury found Trevor Berne Augustus guilty of two counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 years (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)). The trial court sentenced Augustus to five years in prison.
On appeal, Augustus claims that the trial court erred in admitting statements he made to a pastor and to a member of his church, in which he admitted that he had molested the victim. Augustus also claims that the prosecutor violated his constitutional rights under Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 (Brady) and its progeny by failing to timely disclose a prosecution witness's prior misdemeanor conviction. Finally, Augustus claims that the trial court erred in admitting a recording of a police interview of the victim during which the victim disclosed the molestations.
We affirm the judgment.
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