P. v. Sharrieff CA3
Because defendant’s appeal raises primarily legal issues, the factual background is abbreviated.
In 2007, defendant began living with A.C. and her 7-year-old son Isaiah. Defendant lived with A.C and Isaiah for about a year and a half. Over the course of that year and a half, defendant sexually molested Isaiah on multiple occasions.
Isaiah did not tell his mother about the incidents until 2015. Following the disclosure, his mother put him in therapy, and the therapist disclosed the abuse allegations to law enforcement. Isaiah spoke with a detective in August 2016, and told the detective he had been forced to engage in sex acts with defendant.
Defendant was charged with seven counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 in violation of section 288, subdivision (a). All counts were alleged to have occurred between August 12, 2007, and August 11, 2009.
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