Legal Opinion

People v. Acosta

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided October 25, 2018No. H045175PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDanner, J.

*456*702Ralph Acosta, Jr., appeals aspects of his sentence for his convictions for committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under the age *703of 14 and for contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense. He contends that: (1) the sentence imposed for contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense should have been stayed pursuant to Penal Code section 6541 because he harbored the same intent and objective for both crimes of conviction; (2) his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to object to the sexual offender fines imposed by the trial…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. LopezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008
  3. In Re ThomasCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
  4. People v. McMahanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
  5. People v. WalzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008

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