P. v. Martin CA4/3
A jury convicted defendant Raymond D. Martin of numerous sex crimes against his granddaughter, J.V.: oral copulation of a child under the age of 10 (Pen. Code, § 288.7, subd. (b) ; counts one & two), aggravated assault (oral copulation) of a child under the age of 14 (§ 269, subd. (a)(4); counts three & four), aggravated sexual assault (rape) of a child under the age of 14 (§ 269, subd. (a)(1); count five); and forcible lewd act (touching of vagina and breasts) on a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)(1); counts six & seven). The trial court sentenced defendant to 76 years to life in prison, consisting of 15 years to life for counts one, three, four and five, a 15-year-to-life sentence on count two, stayed under section 654, and the upper term of eight years each on counts six and seven, to run consecutively.
Defendant contends the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct by misstating the law during his rebuttal closing argument.
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