P. v. Meza CA2/1
At appellant Rudy Meza’s sentencing hearing for committing lewd acts with a minor and misdemeanor child molestation, the trial court issued a 10-year protective order that prohibits Meza from having contact with the four children Meza was alleged to have abused in the original six-count information against him. On appeal, Meza argues the trial court lacked the authority to issue the protective order regarding M.P. and D.P., the alleged victims in charges dismissed pursuant to Meza’s plea agreement.
We conclude that Meza did not forfeit his jurisdictional challenge to the protective order by failing to object below. We therefore consider Meza’s argument that, because M.P. and D.P. are neither victims of the underlying convictions, nor alleged to be victims of domestic violence, they are not “victims” for whose protection a court may issue a post-conviction restraining order under Penal Code section 136.2, subdivision (i)(1) (section 136.2(i)(1)). We do not agree that th
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