People v. Garcia

Opinion

MIHARA, J.

Defendant Vicente Ruiz Garcia was convicted by jury trial of 16 counts of forcible lewd acts on a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (b))1 and sentenced to 86 years in state prison. On appeal, he claims that (1) the convictions are not supported by substantial evidence because the evidence at *1016trial did not link each act of abuse to a particular one of the specific one-year periods alleged in the second amended information, (2) there is not substantial evidence of force or duress, (3) the trial court prejudicially erred in denying his motion to suppress his statements to the…