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• Title: People V. Lamer
• Author : California Court of Appeals
• Release Date : January 31, 2003
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 69 KB

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A jury convicted the defendant, Leslie Allen Lamer, of 12 counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, in violation of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a). The jury also found true all 10 special allegations of substantial sexual contact with a child under the age of 11, within the meaning of Penal Code section 1203.066, subdivision (a)(8). The trial court sentenced Lamer to a total prison term of 28 years. He timely filed an appeal, contending that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing the People to introduce sexual misconduct propensity evidence under Evidence Code section 1108, and instructing the jury regarding this evidence, pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.50.01; (2) admitting two videotapes of the victim children describing the abuse, pursuant to Evidence Code section 1360; and (3) instructing the jury, pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.62, that it could draw unfavorable inferences from Lamers failure to explain or deny evidence against him. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we find no merit in Lamers first two contentions. In the published portion, we agree that the trial court improperly gave CALJIC No. 2.62. We

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