P. v. Astengo CA4/2
In July 2017, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department received an electronic storage device alleged to contain child pornography. Upon investigation, they discovered numerous photographs depicting an adult man engaged in various forms of sexual contact with a toddler over the course of multiple days. As a result, a jury found defendant guilty of three counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy of a child 10 years of age or younger (Pen. Code, § 288.7, subd. (a), counts 1, 3, & 5); one count of sexual penetration of a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (b), count 7); and 11 counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 14 years of age (§ 288, subd. (a), counts 2, 4, 6, 8, & 9-15). In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found true a special allegation that defendant had a prior conviction qualifying as a strike.
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