P. v. Valdez
Defendant and appellant George Valdez was convicted of multiple offenses growing out of the abuse of his former stepdaughter and his stepdaughter's younger friend. The abuse of the stepdaughter began when she was six years old, continued until she was 12 years old and involved multiple acts of vaginal and anal intercourse as well as oral copulation; Valdez's abuse of his stepdaughter's friend began when the second victim was eight and involved digital penetration, attempted sodomy, sodomy and separate lewd acts.
Valdez was sentenced to an aggregate term of 370 years to life and a consecutive determinate sentence of 14 years 8 months.
On appeal, Valdez argues the trial court erred in failing to excuse a prospective juror for cause and in failing to provide him with additional peremptory challenges; he further argues his attorney was ineffective in failing to use a peremptory challenge to excuse the juror he believes was unduly biased. We find no a
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