People v. Kusumoto

Opinion

WIENER, Acting P. J.

Ric Kiyoshi Kusumoto appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)), two counts of rape by object (Pen. Code, § 289, subd. (a)), and one count of child molestation (Pen. Code, § 647a). He was sentenced to a term of 12 years in prison on the section 289(a) counts. Sentence on the two section 288(a) counts was stayed pursuant to section 654.

I

Thirteen-year-old Jerine and her fifteen-year-old sister Eryine lived with their sister Anrica and her husband,…