People v. Valenti
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of multiple charges related to his sexual abuse of 15 children over nearly 30 years: continuous sexual abuse, lewd act on a child, child molestation, forgery, and violating a court order. Defendant raised numerous issues on appeal. The court reversed the convictions for counts 1, 5, and 10 for insufficient evidence, and count 14 for violating the Ex Post Facto Clause, concluding that these counts may not be retried; reversed the convictions for counts 6 through 9 for failure to instruct on an element of the offense, and remanded for retrial; vacated the indeterminate sentences imposed for counts 2 and 12, and remanded for resentencing without application of the One Strike Law; reversed the noneconomic restitution awards for all counts, and remanded with directions to conduct a restitution hearing for counts 15, 23, and 24 only; and directed the trial court, upon resentencing, to recalculate defendant’s custody credit to reflect no more than 15 percent local conduct credit. The court affirmed in all other respects.
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