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PEOPLE v. GARCIA

No. G048020.

229 Cal.App.4th 302 (2014)

177 Cal. Rptr. 3d 231

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LETICIA GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

August 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L.S. Angres , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland , Assistant Attorney General, Kristen Chenelia and A. Natasha Cortina , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BEDSWORTH, J.—

Appellant Leticia Garcia was charged with sexually abusing a girl she babysat. At trial, the prosecutor attempted to show she is a lesbian. The prosecutor asserted during closing argument that her supposed attraction to other women gave her a motive to sexually abuse the victim. While disavowing the notion that all lesbians are child molesters, she nonetheless argued it was very telling that appellant "is attracted...

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