California Lewd Molestation Law

The People of the State of California v. Marion Salinas

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and child abuse. On September 3, 2025, Mario Salinas was convicted by a jury of 15 counts lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. The jury also found a multiple victim enhancement to be true and that the victims were particularly vulnerable; the crime was carried out in a m... More...

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The People of the State of California v. Hector Diazlozano

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of forcible lewd act upon a child and four counts lewd act upon a child. In 2004, Diazlozano molested two sisters who lived in his neighborhood. One victim was 6 years old when she disclosed Diazlozano digitally penetrated her during a game of hide and seek. A second victim was seven years ... More...

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The People of the State of California v. Brittney Lyon

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd act upon a child and two counts of forcible lewd act upon a child. Brittney Lyon, 31, has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in procuring at least four young girls for her boyfriend Samuel Cabrera to molest, and for participating in the disturbing abuse with him. Two girls were 7 and ... More...

$0 (09-08-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. Jian Feng Li

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery, indecent exposure and lewd content. Jian Feng Li was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old in the sauna area of a gym on July 11, 2024.... More...

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The People of California v. Pedro Alexxander Aviles

Monterey, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child. In January 2023, police in Tulare County investigated a report of sexual abuse made by a 10-year-old girl, Jane Doe. Doe told the police that Aviles began sexually abusing her when she was six years old, and the last incident of sexual abuse occurred in King City (Monterey County) ... More...

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The People v. Sayed Alirez Fatemy

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child molestation. Christie Hirota is a detective with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. She is a member of the Sacramento Valley High-Tech Crimes Task Force, Internet Crimes Against Children. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (National Center) had issued a CyberTip to the Sacr... More...

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The People of the State of California v. Jacquline Ma

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd acts with a child under age 14, with duress, and also admitted to a lewd act involving a second child under 14. Former teacher, Jacqueline Ma, age 35, was charged with having sex with a 12-year-old student at the National City elementary school in where she taught.... More...

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The People of the States of California v. Salvador Patino Sanchez

Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple sex crimes. In March 2023, the People filed an information charging Sanchez with 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury upon a child under the age of 14 and more than seven years younger than himself (Pen. Code, �... More...

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The People of the State of California v. Terry Edward Keegan

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual offenses against three minors and destroying or concealing evidence. The operative amended information, filed in 2023, included the same offense charged as count 4 in the complaint. It also charged Keegan with committing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 (Â§ 288, subd. (a)); count 1 re: ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Robert Clonts </h1>

<h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material </font/color="red"></center><center> Borrego Springs Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material</h2></center> </h2></center> Robert Clonts, a re... More...

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Toiah Gordon v. Continental Casualty Company

<h2> Los Angeles, California insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sought a declaratory judgment interpreting an insurance policy. </h2> The Gordon plaintiffs, Shen, and Xin sued Continental for breach of contract and related claims. Continental moved for summary judgment on the basis subsections (a) and (b) of the abuse or molestation exclusion in the insurance policy ap... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Robert Clonts </h1>

<h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing Child Sex Abuse Material </center><center> Borrego Springs Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material</h2></center> </h2></center> Robert Clonts, a re... More...

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The People v. Luis Dilinyel Matos

<h2> California, Riverside criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years of age or younger, sexual penetration of a child under 10 years of age or younger, and committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14 years of age. </h2>... More...

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The People v. Raymond Giral

<h2> Ventura, California committing lewd acts upon a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> Raymond Giral and Serena married in 1990. In March 1999 they had twins, a boy and a girl, J.G. Appellant's alcohol issues led to a divorce in 2007. Appellant moved into a condominium, and the children lived primarily with their mother. Appellant took the childre... More...

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The People v. Matthew Scott Shannon </center

<h2> Santa Ana, California sexual assault of a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> Matthew Scott Shannon was charged for committing various sex crimes against his daughter and his stepgranddaughter. On February 18, 2022, the Orange County District Attorney filed an information alleging that Shannon engaged in oral copulation with R.L., a child 1... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Frank Scovotto </h1>

<h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Persuade Minor to Produce Sexually Explicit Photos .</h2></center><h2><center> San Pedro Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempting to Persuade Minor to Produce Sexually Explicit Photos of Herself </h2></center>... More...

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United States of America v. Matthew Lee Pelton and Heather Electa Halwig Gharibian

Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with producing and conspiring to produce child pornography. Matthew Lee Pelton, 50, of Brentwood, pleaded guilty to the charges on February 14, 2023. Healther Electa Halwig Gharibian, 53, of Brentwood, pleaded guilty to the charges on February 21, 2023. According to the plea agreements, both Pelton and Gharibian a... More...

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Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google, LLC

In 2015, ISIS terrorists unleashed a set of coordinated attacks across Paris, France, killing 130 victims, including Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old U. S. citizen.1 Gonzalez's parents and brothers then sued Google, LLC, under 18 U. S. C. Â§Â§2333(a) and (d)(2), alleging that Google was both directly and secondarily liable for the terrorist attack that killed Gonzalez.2 For their secon... More...

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The People of the State of California v. Tomas Tirado Mendoza

Bakersfield, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with continuous abuse of a child, lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, and oral copulation or penetration of a child under 10 or younger. Tomas Tirado Mendoza was sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in June 2019 by digital penetration of a minor 10 years of age or younger; lewd and lascivious acts with a ... More...

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The People v. Martin Grant Hill

Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 14 counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14 years old. In March 2017, when the victim was 13 years old, the victim told her mother (Mother) about defendant molesting her. Mother was upset and defendant moved out of the home. However, the victim felt bad about the sit... More...

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United States of America v. Gueorgui Hristov Pantchev

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with cyber stalking. Gueorgui Hristov Pantchev, 50, was accused of engaged in a harassment campaign targeting two female doctors at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and two other female doctors working at the VA's Loma Linda facility in San Bernardino County. Pantchev's conduct wit... More...

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The People v. Jeff Cooper

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with three counts of child molestation. Defendant pled not guilty and claimed that he was being targeted by the alleged victims because of his wealth. ... More...

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The People v. Jeffrey Keith Aiello

Placerville, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with child molestation and kidnapping. Jeffrey Keith Aiello, age 59, of Pilot Hill, was charged with 10 counts of child molestation and one count of kidnapping. The case was prosecuted by deputy district attorney Kassie Cardullo... More...

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The People v. Luis Ceja Nunez

Monterey, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with child molestation. Salinas resident Luis Ceja Nunez, age 44, was accused of molesting two children. On October 28, 2021, a jury found Nunez guilty of 19 felony counts of child molestation. All of the counts are violent felonies and are considered "strikesâ€ under California's Three Strikes law. In addi... More...

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The People v. Matthew Fluckiger

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with five counts of sexual assault. Matthew Fluckiger, age 37, a certified nursing assistant, was charged with two counts of committing a forcible lewd act on a dependent by a caretaker and a third count of committing a lewd act but not using force. For all three counts, prosecutors argued that Fluckiger sexually ... More...

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United States of America v. David John Alcock

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a child. David John Alcock, 48, of Citrus Heights, indicted for for sexual exploitation of a child. According to court documents, Alcock sexually abused a 13-year-old victim for months, producing multiple visual depictions of those acts. Alcock sent at least one video recording o... More...

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The People v. Conrad Castillo

Merced, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually molesting family members. Conrad Castillo, 52, was charged with two counts of oral copulation with a child under the age of ten in violation of California Penal Code Section 288 7(b) and three counts of lewd and ascivious conduct with a child under the age of fourteen, a violation of Penal Code, Section... More...

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United States of America v. LAWRENCE JAMES HALAMEK

<center><h2><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity (Count 1) and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct (Count 2) charges. </h2></center> Lawrence Halamek was tried and convicted on two counts, arising from Halamek's trans... More...

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CLIFFORD B. HUBBARD v. United States of America

<center><h2><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented Petitioner-Appellant with premeditated murder; felony murder; sodomy; and the commission of indecent, lewd, and lascivious acts with a child under the age of sixteen, charges. He no4w seeks post-conviction DNA testing. </h2></center> Hubbard was charged with premeditated murder;... More...

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United States of America v. LAWRENCE HALAMEK

<center><h2><center> San Francisco, California - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity charge. </h2></center> In August 2016, Lawrence Halamek lived in Safford, Arizona with his then-wife, Amanda, their daughter, L.H., Amanda's daughter, M.L., and Amanda's son,... More...

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Tamika Schmidt v. Superior Court, County of Ventura

Two court employees alleged a security guard named David Jacques sexually harassed them with his metal detecting wand during the courthouse entry screening process. All security screening was in public and on video. None of the video supported the allegations. After a lengthy bench trial, the trial court ruled the plaintiffs had not proved their allegations. The employees a... More...

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Gordon Short v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County, The People, Real Party in Interest

Petitioner Gordon Short was tried in 2017 for seven sex offenses allegedly committed against his adopted daughter when she was a child. The jury convicted Short of two counts, acquitted him of one, and was unable to reach a verdict on four. The prosecutor moved to amend the information to add eight new, alternative charges based on the conduct underlying the four counts on which th... More...

$0 (12-03-2019 - CA)

United States of America v. Jason Solomon

Sacramento, CA - The United States of America charged Jason Solomon with distribution of child pornography. Jason Solomon, 44, of Stockton, was sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, in July 2016, Solomon used social media to send images of children engaged in sexually explicit... More...

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Carra Crouch v. Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc.

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In re Gregory Gadlin, on Habeas Corpus

In 2016, voters approved Proposition 57, which added a provision to the California Constitution that significantly expanded parole consideration to all state prisoners convicted of a nonviolent felony offense. (Cal. Const., art. 1, § 32, subd. (a)(1) (section 32(a)(1).) Petitioner Gregory Gadlin, a third-strike offender with two prior convictions that render him a sexoffender<... More...

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In re Abelino Manriquez on Habeas Corpus

Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence. We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a history of childhood abuse. After an evidentiary hearing, the referee fo... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID WESLEY REINHART <table> <td>

David Reinhart was convicted of two counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). A defendant convicted of this offense who has “a prior conviction . . . under the laws of any State relating to . . . the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography” is subject to a ten-year mandatory mini... More...

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United States of America v. David Wesley Reinhart

David Reinhart was convicted of two counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). A defendant convicted of this offense who has “a prior conviction . . . under the laws of any State relating to . . . the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography” is subject to a... More...

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Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation v. Ledesma & Meyer Construction Company, Inc.

Appellants Ledesma & Meyer Construction Company, Inc. and its principals, Joseph Ledesma and Kris Meyer (collectively, L&M) contracted with the San Bernardino Unified School District to manage a construction project at a middle school. In 2003, L&M hired Darold Hecht as an assistant superintendent and assigned him to the project. In 2010, Jane Doe, a 13-year-old student at the ... More...

$0 (06-05-2018 - CA)

Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District v. The Superior Court of Tuolumne County, Jane Doe, Real Party in Interest

Petitioners, bring this writ petition, requesting that this court issue a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order overruling petitioners’ demurrers to Jane Doe’s first amended complaint, and to enter a new order sustaining their demurrers. Petitioners’ demurrers were based on Doe’s failure to present a government claim to petitioner school district (di... More...

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