P. v. Perez-Mora CA4/3
Juan Jose Perez-Mora appeals from the judgment after a jury convicted him of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 years, based on evidence he molested two young girls, B.R. (count 1) and A.R. (count 2). The trial court imposed consecutive terms of 15 years to life on each count under Penal Code section 667.61 (“One Strike law”) based on the jury’s true findings on multiple victim allegations. On appeal, Perez-Mora contends: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of B.R.’s mental illness; (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to improper testimony by the prosecution’s expert on child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) concerning the statistical rates of fabricated child sexual abuse claims; (3) the cumulative effect of these errors deprived him of a fair trial; (4) his life sentence under the One Strike law violated ex post facto guarantees;
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