P. v. Flores CA4/2
In 2019, the Riverside County District Attorney charged Joaquin Joseph Flores with 10 counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under the age of 14. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a), unlabeled statutory citations refer to this code.) The charges alleged that from 2009 to 2017 Flores molested the same individual multiple times. Flores proceeded to trial, where a jury convicted him on all 10 counts.
Prior to sentencing Flores requested, and the court ordered, that he be given a mental health examination under section 288.1. In order to facilitate this, the court continued the sentencing hearing. In the meantime, both Flores and the prosecution submitted sentencing briefs, with the prosecution’s recommending a 21-year prison sentence. The probation office also filed a report, recommending a sentence of 24 years.
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