People v. Valdez

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, Thomas Tommy Valdez, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of three counts of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of sexual abuse and three counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust. The counts were premised on defendant’s alleged improper conduct with two nieces and a step-niece, who were between nine and eleven years of age during the time in question. We affirm.

I

Defendant first contends that the crime of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of sexual abuse, § 18 —…