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PEOPLE v. PAZ

No. F030424.

95 Cal.Rptr.2d 166 (2000)

80 Cal.App.4th 293

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ulisses PAZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

April 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Capelli, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, and W. Scott Thorpe, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

DIBIASO, J.

We hold that a reasonable, good faith mistake about the age of a 14 or 15-year-old victim is not a defense to a charge under Penal Code section 288, subdivision (c)(1).

A Stanislaus County jury convicted 28-year-old appellant, Ulisses Paz, of, among other conduct, lewd or lascivious acts upon 14-year-old H.G. (Pen. Code,1

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