Legal Opinion
People v. Christensen
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 10, 2014No. G048615, G048616PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOORE, Acting P. J.
Defendant Scott Andrew Christensen was convicted of multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)). In his first trial, he was convicted with respect to his acts against one victim, Spencer S., but the jury deadlocked with respect to his acts against another victim, Joshua K. Defendant argues the court made various errors in the retrial on the counts pertaining to Joshua. He says the court erred in admitting both the testimony Joshua gave in the first trial (Evid. Code, § 240, subd. (a)(3)) and the evidence of the prior…
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