P. v. Norris CA2/6
A jury convicted John Tayanita Norris of two counts of oral copulation on a child age 10 years or younger. (Pen. Code, § 288.7, subd. (b).) The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life in state prison. Norris contends: (1) his conviction on count 2 should be reversed because of insufficient evidence to establish the corpus delicti of that offense, (2) the prosecutor committed misconduct by misrepresenting the corpus delicti rules to jurors, (3) CALCRIM No. 1128 is overly broad because it does not instruct the jury on a sexual intent element, and (4) his sentence constitutes cruel and/or unusual punishment. We reverse Norris’s conviction on count 2, and otherwise affirm.
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