People v. Sommer

Filed 3/8/21 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION * IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A158234 v. HEATH JACOB SOMMER (Solano County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. FCR337362) Heath Jacob Sommer—a psychologist at a mental health clinic on a military base—sexually assaulted three patients under the guise of using “exposure therapy.” A jury convicted Sommer of several felonies, including sexual battery by fraudulent representation (Pen. Code, § 243.4, subd. (c)), 1 and the trial court sentenced him…