California v. Hicks
Annotate this CaseDefendant Daryl Hicks appealed after he was convicted on three counts of human trafficking of a minor, four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than three years his junior, one count of possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and three counts of furnishing a controlled substance to a minor. He was sentenced to 19 years, four months in prison. On appeal, he argued: (1) numerous instances of instructional error; (2) insufficient evidence to support one of the trafficking counts; (3) the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the upper term on one of the trafficking counts; and (4) the court failed to sufficiently state the reasons for imposing the upper term on various other counts. He also contends the court erred by not staying numerous counts pursuant to Penal Code section 654,1 and stated there was an error on the abstract of judgment. Of these, the Court of Appeal determined the only argument that had any merit was the error on the abstract of judgment, which was ordered to be corrected accordingly. In all other respects, the judgment was affirmed.
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