P. v. Gallegos
A jury convicted Jorge Miguel Gallegos of one count of unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child under age 10 (Pen. Code, § 288.7, subd. (a); count 1),[1] three counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child under age 10 (§ 288.7, subd. (b); counts 2, 3, 5), one count of dissuading a witness (§ 136.1, subd. (b); count 4), and one of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under age 14 (§ 228, subd. (a); count 6). The trial court sentenced him to a total indeterminate term of 40 years to life, plus a determinate term of 8 months.
Gallegos gave a statement after his arrest. As he did in the trial court, Gallegos claims his statements were obtained in violation of his Miranda rights (Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436) and coerced. The trial court rejected his arguments and admitted evidence of Gallegos’s statement at trial. We conclude the trial court’s ruling is correct and affirm the judgment.
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