P. v. Deville CA2/1

Filed 5/16/13 P. v. Deville CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B238053

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. MA050416)
v.

PATRICK DEVILLE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Bernie
C. LaForteza. Affirmed in part and reversed in part; sentence vacated and remanded with
directions.
Edward H. Schulman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Herbert
S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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 Patrick Deville appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of
forcible rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, oral copulation of a minor,
administering a controlled substance to a minor and administering a controlled substance.
The trial court sentenced Deville to 85 years to life in prison.
Deville contends (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his 1979
conviction for assault with intent to commit rape, (2) the prosecutor committed
misconduct by improperly commenting on Deville’s decision not to testify, (3) and the
conviction for administering a controlled substance must be dismissed because it is a
lesser included offense of administering a controlled substance to a minor. We reject the
first two contentions, and agree with Deville on the third, as does the Attorney General.
Accordingly, we reverse his conviction for administering a controlled substance (count
6).
Deville also contends the trial court made errors in sentencing him. We agree and
vacate his sentence and remand the matter for a new sentencing hearing.
BACKGROUND
On September 15, 2010, 16-year-old Haley G., a foster child, walked out of a
therapy session at a social services agency because she became angry when the therapist
and her foster mother confronted her about her marijuana use. She walked to a nearby
park. Haley saw Deville sitting on the grass near a field where kids were playing
football. Deville waved at Haley, motioning for her to join him. Wanting someone to
talk to about her problems, Haley sat next to Deville. It was about 6:00 p.m.
Haley talked to Deville for a couple of hours. She told him about why she had run
away from her therapy session. She complained about living in a foster home. She told
Deville she was 16 years old. Deville responded, “‘Tell people you’re nineteen for my
benefit.’” Deville was 50 years old when he met Haley. He told her he was homeless.
Deville gave Haley alcohol and she drank it. She started to feel “buzzed.” Deville
told Haley he “wanted to slam.” She understood this to mean he planned to “stick a
needle in [his] arm and inject drugs.” Haley walked over to the bathroom with Deville

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and waited outside for him. He was in there for about an hour. Haley stayed because she
felt she “had nowhere else to go.”
After Deville exited the bathroom, he asked Haley if she wanted “to slam speed.”
Haley said yes. They walked behind a building in the park. Deville tied a “bungee”
around Haley’s arm and stuck a needle in her arm, injecting her with methamphetamine.
The drugs made Haley feel “[l]ike everything was far away” and she was “not in touch
with reality.”
Deville whispered in Haley’s ear, indicating that he wanted to engage in oral sex
with her. Haley “freaked out” and wondered why “an old man” would say something
like that to a 16-year-old. She told him no. Deville then “unzipped his pants, pulled out
his penis and grabbed [her] by [her] hair and forced [her] head down to his penis.”
Deville rubbed his penis on Haley’s face. Haley resisted and said no. When Deville
stopped, Haley moved away and lay in the grass. She was sad and scared and could not
believe what was happening. She started crying.
Deville went to Haley, pulled her pants down to her ankles, and licked her vagina.
Then he grabbed her by her legs and dragged her from the grass to a dirt area which was
not visible from the street. Haley struggled against Deville and told him no. She was
still crying. Deville put his penis in Haley’s vagina.
When Deville finished, he pulled up his pants and told Haley to do the same.
Haley lay in the grass and cried. She was too scared to leave because Deville told her he
would come after her. When Deville fell asleep in the grass, Haley left. She walked to a
nearby house, but no one responded when she rang the doorbell. It was about 1:30 a.m.
She started to walk home. A car pulled over and the driver took Haley home.
The following morning, Haley told her foster sister and a social worker that she
had been raped. The social worker took her to the hospital for an examination.
A sheriff’s deputy interviewed Haley at her foster home at about 6:00 p.m. on
September 16, 2010. Thereafter, the deputy went to the park and detained Deville.
Haley was brought to the park and she identified Deville as the man who had committed
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 At trial, the prosecution presented DNA evidence indicating Deville’s sperm was
found inside Haley’s vagina. The prosecution also presented documentary evidence of
Deville’s 1979 conviction of assault with intent to commit rape. Deville did not testify or
present evidence in his defense.
The jury found Deville guilty of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. (a)(2);
count 1),1 administering a controlled substance to a minor (Health & Saf. Code, § 11353;
count 2),2 unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (§ 261.5, subd. (c); count 4), oral
copulation of a minor (§ 288a, subd. (b)(1); count 5), and administering a controlled
substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a); count 6).3
Deville waived his right to jury trial on the prior conviction allegations set forth in
the amended information. The court found true Deville had sustained three prior
convictions of serious or violent felonies (assault with intent to commit rape, burglary
and attempted burglary) within the meaning of the prior serious felony enhancement and
the “Three Strikes” law. (§§ 667, subd. (a)(1), (b)-(i) & 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d).) The
court also found true Deville had sustained a conviction for a sex offense (assault with
intent to commit rape) within the meaning of section 667.6, subdivision (a). The court
further found true Deville had served three prior prison terms within the meaning of

1 Statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.
2 The parties agree that, in administering a controlled substance to Haley, Deville
violated Health and Safety Code section 11380, not section 11353, and the abstract of
judgment should be corrected accordingly. In citing Health and Safety Code section
11055, subdivision (d), section 11380 is the provision which makes it illegal to
administer methamphetamine to a minor. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11055, subd. (d)(2)
[“Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers”].) Section 11353 makes
it illegal to administer to a minor the controlled substances listed in Health and Safety
Code section 11055, subdivision (b), which does not include methamphetamine. As
stated below, we direct the trial court to correct the abstract of judgment to reflect that the
conviction for administering a controlled substance to a minor (count 2) is a violation of
Health and Safety Code section 11380 (not a violation of Health and Safety Code section
11353).
3 The jury found Deville not guilty of kidnapping to commit rape (§ 209, subd. (b)(1);
count 3).

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section 667.5, subdivision (b). The court denied Deville’s motion to dismiss the prior
strike allegations under People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.
The trial court sentenced Deville to 85 years to life in prison. On count 1 for
forcible rape, the court sentenced Deville to 25 years to life for the offense under the
Three Strikes law, plus a consecutive term of 15 years for the three prior serious felonies
under section 667, subdivision (a)(1), plus a consecutive term of five years for the prior
conviction of a sex offense under section 667.6, subdivision (a). On count 2 for
administering a controlled substance to a minor, the court sentenced Deville to a
consecutive term of 25 years to life for the offense under the Three Strikes law, plus a
consecutive term of 15 years for the three prior serious felonies under section 667,
subdivision (a)(1). The court sentenced Deville to concurrent terms of 25 years to life
under the Three Strikes law for each of the other offenses (counts 4, 5 and 6).
DISCUSSION
I. Evidence of Prior Conviction for Assault with Intent to Commit Rape
Deville contends the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of
Deville’s 1979 conviction for assault with intent to commit rape.
“In a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense,
evidence of the defendant’s commission of another sexual offense or offenses is not made
inadmissible by Section 1101, if the evidence is not inadmissible pursuant to Section
352.” (Evid. Code, § 1108, subd. (a).) Evidence Code section 1108 “allows evidence of
the defendant’s uncharged sex crimes to be introduced in a sex offense prosecution to
demonstrate the defendant’s disposition to commit such crimes.” (People v. Reliford
(2003) 29 Cal.4th 1007, 1009.) Under section 1108, trial courts may not “deem such
evidence unduly prejudicial per se, but must instead engage in a careful weighing process
under Evidence Code section 352.” (Id. at pp. 1012-1013.)
In deciding whether to admit evidence of a prior sexual offense under Evidence
Code section 1108, “trial judges must consider such factors as its nature, relevance, and
possible remoteness, the degree of certainty of its commission and the likelihood of
confusing, misleading, or distracting the jurors from their main inquiry, its similarity to

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the charged offense, its likely prejudicial impact on the jurors, the burden on the
defendant in defending against the uncharged offense, and the availability of less
prejudicial alternatives to its outright admission, such as admitting some but not all of the
defendant’s other sex offenses, or excluding irrelevant though inflammatory details
surrounding the offense.” (People v. Falsetta (1999) 21 Cal.4th 903, 917.)
Before trial, the prosecution moved the court for permission to introduce Deville’s
1979 conviction for assault with intent to commit rape pursuant to Evidence Code section
1108. The prosecution informed the court it did not intend to present any live testimony
regarding the prior offense.
Deville objected to the evidence on grounds he was young when he committed the
prior offense. The record demonstrates he was 18 years old when he committed the prior
offense and 19 years old when he was convicted of the crime. Deville was 50 years old
at the time he committed the offenses charged in this case. Deville also objected to the
evidence on grounds the prior offense was remote in time.
After hearing oral argument, the trial court admitted the evidence pursuant to
Evidence Code section 1108, allowing the prosecution to use the evidence to demonstrate
Deville’s propensity to commit sex offenses. Engaging in the weighing process under
Evidence Code section 352, the court stated “the probative value is not substantially
outweighed by danger of prejudice, undue consumption of time, and confusion of issues.”
Although the conviction was 32 years old, the court found it to be probative because the
prior offense (assault with intent to commit rape) was similar to a charge in the present
case (rape).
Prior to opening statements, the trial court elaborated on why it did not find
evidence of the prior offense should be excluded on remoteness grounds: “In our present
case, according to the probation report, the defendant served seven years in prison for his
1993 residential burglary conviction. He served an additional seven years in 1997 for a
drug charge and he served that time after he was paroled from the burglary charge.
Finally, he served an additional nine years in state prison for an attempted burglary

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charge in 2003. The defendant was sentenced to a total of twenty-three years in prison
after his 1979 prior.”
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of Deville’s prior
conviction for assault with intent to commit rape. In this case, he was charged with a
similar crime, rape. Deville complains the trial court could not evaluate how similar the
prior and current offenses were because the facts of the prior offense were not before the
court. “Admissibility under Evidence Code section 1108 does not require that the sex
offenses be similar; it is enough the charged offense and the prior crimes are sex offenses
as defined by the statute.” (People v. Jones (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1, 50.)
Although the conviction was 32 years old, Deville had been incarcerated for much
of that time. (See People v. Pierce (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 893, 900 [23-year-old rape
conviction not too remote to be probative in trial on charge of assault with intent to
commit rape where the defendant was incarcerated for at least 12 years after the rape].)
The prosecution presented evidence in the form of documents demonstrating
Deville had been convicted and punished for the prior assault with intent to commit rape.
The prosecution did not introduce any inflammatory details of the prior offense.
The trial court did not err in admitting the evidence under Evidence Code section
1108, allowing the prosecution to use the evidence to demonstrate Deville’s propensity to
commit sex offenses.
II. Prosecutor’s Comments
Deville contends the prosecutor committed misconduct when she “improperly
urged, by implication, the jury to consider appellant’s failure to testify as a basis for
rejecting any notion that Haley may have consented to having sex with appellant or that
he had reason to believe her to be 18 years or older.” (Caps. & boldface omitted.)
In Griffin v. California (1965) 380 U.S. 609 (Griffin), the United States Supreme
Court held, “the Fifth Amendment, in its direct application to the Federal Government
and in its bearing on the States by reason of the Fourteenth Amendment, forbids either
comment by the prosecution on the accused’s silence or instructions by the court that
such silence is evidence of guilt.” (Id. at p. 615.) “Prosecutorial comment which draws

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attention to a defendant’s exercise of his constitutional right not to testify, and which
implies that the jury should draw inferences against defendant because of his failure to
testify, violates defendant’s constitutional rights.” (People v. Murtishaw (1981) 29
Cal.3d 733, 757, disapproved on other grounds in People v. Boyd (1985) 38 Cal.3d 762,
772-776.)
A prosecutor “may comment on the state of the evidence, including the failure of
the defense to introduce material evidence or to call witnesses.” (People v. Mincey
(1992) 2 Cal.4th 408, 446.) But “it is error for the prosecution to refer to the absence of
evidence that only the defendant’s testimony could provide.” (People v. Hughes (2002)
27 Cal.4th 287, 372.) It also “‘is error for a prosecutor to state that certain evidence is
uncontradicted or unrefuted when that evidence could not be contradicted or refuted by
anyone other than the defendant testifying on his or her own behalf.’ [Citation.]”
(People v. Harrison (2005) 35 Cal.4th 208, 257.) Griffin error is subject to harmless
error review. (United States v. Hasting (1983) 461 U.S. 499, 507-509.)
Before closing argument, Deville objected to the prosecutor’s PowerPoint
presentation, stating: “When she [the prosecutor] is going to talk about the elements for
forcible rape and some of the other charges where she has to prove that he didn’t actually
and reasonably believe that Haley consented or her age, she’s going to argue there is no
actual belief. There were no witnesses, no documents, no evidence that show what he
was thinking at the time. I believe that is another way of saying—commenting on his
failure not to testify [sic]. [¶] What we have in this case are, basically, two potential
witnesses. We have Haley and Mr. Deville. Haley obviously testified. [¶] Now she
says in her closing argument that there were no witnesses. She’s, basically, commenting
on the fact that Mr. Deville did not testify. And I believe that is error and misconduct and
should not be allowed during closing argument.”
The prosecutor responded: “Just for the record, I’m looking at a particular slide.
And as stated by defense counsel, this is the element concerning what the defendant
actually and reasonably believed concerning consent. And I used similar language on a
different slide concerning his belief as to Haley’s age. The exact words are ‘cannot

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speculate.’ [¶] There were no witnesses, no documents, no evidence to show what he
was thinking at the time. That is not saying that the defense failed to produce these
things. It’s just merely stating that we don’t have anything to go off of to show what was
going on and what he actually thought. [¶] We do have evidence to show what he
reasonably should have thought, but I have no evidence to show what he actually thought.
[¶] So what I’m telling the jury, that because under the law they’re only allowed to
consider evidence, that they’re not to speculate. [¶] I’m not shifting the burden. I’m not
coming anywhere close or near commenting on the defendant’s failure to take the stand.”
The trial court overruled Deville’s objection and noted for the record Deville was
making a continuing objection to such comments by the prosecutor so as not to interrupt
the prosecutor’s closing argument with objections.
During closing argument, the prosecutor stated: “Haley was the only person who
got up and testified about the rape. We don’t need to bring in other witnesses who were
in the park, looking and seeing it happen. The testimony of one witness is enough and
the law says that.”
In discussing the elements of rape, the prosecutor stated: “Now we have to show
what was going on in the defendant’s mind. [¶] Did he believe she was consenting? [¶]
And if he did believe she was consenting, was that belief reasonable? [¶] Well, we all
know we can’t cut open someone’s brain, right? We all agreed on that, the trick-or-treat
hypo. So what did he actually think? [¶] Well, we have to show that he actually thought
this, and he reasonably thought this. [¶] The evidence—because there is no evidence, the
evidence shows that we don’t know what he was thinking. We can’t say what he actually
thought. We’re not allowed to speculate. As I told you earlier, you can only go off the
witnesses and the documents. [¶] Did we have any witnesses who told us what was
going on in the defendant’s mind at the time? [¶] No. [¶] Do we have any documents
that show us what was going on his mind at the time? [¶] No. [¶] And you’re not
allowed to speculate then. You’re only allowed to consider the evidence. There was no
evidence that showed what he was thinking at the time. [¶] Because we don’t know what
he was thinking at the time, we shouldn’t even move on to step 2, which is whether what

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he was thinking was reasonable. But I’m going to move on to step 2 anyway.” The
prosecutor went on to argue there were reasons showing it would not have been
reasonable for Deville to believe Haley had consented to sex.
In discussing the elements of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, the
prosecutor stated: “And the only sticking point, I guess, if you can call it that, is whether
he actually and reasonably believed that Haley was 18 or older. [¶] And we already went
through this with consent. There is no evidence that he actually thought she was 18.
Nothing that came out on the stand, nothing that came out of any of these photos shows
what he thought at the time, what he actually thought. [¶] So, done. This element is met
because we don’t know that he actually thought she was over 18. We can’t speculate.
Same thing. [¶] But even if there had been evidence to show that he thought she was 18,
it wouldn’t have been reasonable to think she was. [¶] Why?” The prosecutor went on
to argue there were reasons showing it would not have been reasonable for Deville to
believe Haley was 18 or older.
Citing Griffin, supra, Deville maintains “the prosecutor’s argument to the jury was
tantamount to improper comment on appellant’s failure to testify in his own defense in
violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.” We disagree. The prosecutor was
commenting on the state of the evidence and urging the jury not to speculate on matters
for which there was a lack of evidence.
III. Lesser Included Offense—Administering a Controlled Substance
Deville contends his conviction for administering a controlled substance (count 6)
must be dismissed because it is a lesser included offense of administering a controlled
substance to a minor (count 2). The Attorney General agrees.
“‘Under California law, a lesser offense is necessarily included in a greater offense
if either the statutory elements of the greater offense, or the facts actually alleged in the
accusatory pleading, include all the elements of the lesser offense, such that the greater
cannot be committed without also committing the lesser.’ [Citation.]” (People v.
Breverman (1998) 19 Cal.4th 142, 154, fn. 5.) A defendant may not be convicted of both

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a greater offense and a lesser included offense. (People v. Villa (2007) 157 Cal.App.4th
1429, 1434.)
Administering a controlled substance to a minor under Health and Safety Code
section 11353 (or section 11380) cannot be committed without administering a controlled
substance under Health and Safety Code section 11379. Accordingly, we reverse the
conviction on count 6 for administering a controlled substance.
IV. Section 667, subdivision (a)(1), enhancements on count 2
Deville contends the trial court erred in imposing the prior serious felony
enhancements under section 667, subdivision (a)(1), on count 2 for administering a
controlled substance to a minor. The Attorney General agrees.
Section 667, subdivision (a)(1), provides: “In compliance with subdivision (b) of
Section 1385, any person convicted of a serious felony who previously has been
convicted of a serious felony in this state or of any offense committed in another
jurisdiction which includes all of the elements of any serious felony, shall receive, in
addition to the sentence imposed by the court for the present offense, a five-year
enhancement for each such prior conviction on charges brought and tried separately. The
terms of the present offense and each enhancement shall run consecutively.” The trial
court imposed a consecutive 15-year term under section 667, subdivision (a)(1), on count
2 based on Deville’s prior serious felony convictions for assault with intent to commit
rape, burglary and attempted burglary.
Section 667, subdivision (a)(5), provides, however, that this enhancement “shall
not apply to a person convicted of selling, furnishing, administering, or giving, or
offering to sell, furnish, administer, or give to a minor any methamphetamine-related
drug or any precursors of methamphetamine unless the prior conviction was for a serious
felony described in subparagraph (24) of subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7.” The felony
described in section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(24) is “selling, furnishing, administering,
giving, or offering to sell, furnish, administer, or give to a minor any heroin, cocaine,
phencyclidine (PCP), or any methamphetamine-related drug, as described in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (d) of section 11055 of the Health and Safety Code, or any of the

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precursors of methamphetamines, as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (f) of Section 11055 or subdivision (a) of Section 11100 of the Health and
Safety Code.” Because none of the prior serious felonies alleged in the amended
information were drug offenses, the trial court erred in imposing the enhancements under
section 667, subdivision (a)(1), on count 2. These enhancements are stricken.
V. Section 667.6, subdivision (a), enhancements on count 1
Deville contends the trial court erred in imposing the prior sex offense
enhancement under section 667.6, subdivision (a), on count 1. The Attorney General
agrees.
Section 667.6, subdivision (a), provides: “Any person who is convicted of an
offense specified in subdivision (e) and who has been convicted previously of any of
those offenses shall receive a five-year enhancement for each of those prior convictions.”
The trial court imposed a consecutive five-year term under section 667.6, subdivision (a),
on count 1 based on Deville’s prior conviction for assault with intent to commit rape
(§ 220.).
Section 667.6 provides a conviction for assault with intent to commit rape is a
qualifying conviction for the enhancement under section 667.6, subdivision (a), if it is a
“present offense,” but not if it is a prior offense. (§ 667.6, subd. (e)(9).) Accordingly,
Deville’s 1979 conviction for assault with intent to commit rape is not a qualifying
conviction. The enhancement under section 667.6, subdivision (a), on count 1 is stricken.
VI. Consecutive sentencing on counts 1 and 2
Deville contends his sentence must be vacated and the matter remanded for
resentencing because the trial court imposed consecutive terms on count 1 (forcible rape)
and count 2 (administering a controlled substance to a minor) “based on inapplicable
law.”4

4 The Attorney General argues the issue is forfeited because Deville’s counsel did not
object below. We disagree. Deville is not raising on appeal an issue about the manner in
which the court exercised its discretion or the reasons it stated for imposing consecutive
sentencing. (See People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 356 [“complaints about the

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 In imposing sentence on count 2, the trial court stated: “The court imposes
consecutive terms and not concurrent. [¶] Although count 2 arose out of the same
occasion as count 1, the court specifically finds that based on the evidence the court
heard, the defendant had time to reflect between the commission of count 1 and count 2.
[¶] The court heard evidence that the defendant gave alcohol to the minor, the victim,
and then gave her a needle to shoot methamphetamine. Some time had passed before he
started to sexually assault her.”
Consecutive sentences are not mandatory under section 667, subdivision (c)(6),
where multiple crimes are committed on the same occasion or arise from the same set of
operative facts. (People v. Deloza (1998) 18 Cal.4th 585, 591; section 667, subd. (c)(6)
[“If there is a current conviction for more than one felony count not committed on the
same occasion, and not arising from the same set of operative facts, the court shall
sentence the defendant consecutively on each count . . . .”].) Here, the trial court found
count 1 and count 2 “arose out of the same occasion.” Thus, the court had discretion to
impose either consecutive or concurrent terms on counts 1and 2. (People v. Deloza,
supra, 18 Cal.4th at p. 596.)
Deville interprets the trial court’s comments to mean the court believed
consecutive sentences were mandatory under section 667.6, subdivision (d), which
requires consecutive terms for multiple sex offenses “if the crimes involve separate
victims or involve the same victim on separate occasions.” This provision further states,
“In determining whether crimes against a single victim were committed on separate
occasions under this subdivision, the court shall consider whether, between the
commission of one sex crime and another, the defendant had a reasonable opportunity to
reflect upon his or her actions and nevertheless resumed sexually assaultive behavior.

manner in which the trial court exercises its sentencing discretion and articulates its
supporting reasons cannot be raised for the first time on appeal”].) Deville is claiming
the trial court erroneously believed—based on its application of the wrong legal
standard—it did not have discretion and had no alternative but to impose consecutive
sentencing. This claim of error was not forfeited and may be raised on appeal.

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Neither the duration of time between crimes, nor whether or not the defendant lost or
abandoned his or her opportunity to attack, shall be, in and of itself, determinative on the
issue of whether the crimes in question occurred on separate occasions.” (§ 667.6, subd.
(d), italics added.) California Rules of Court, rule 4.426, governing “[m]ultiple violent
sex crimes,” includes the same language requiring consecutive terms for multiple violent
sex crimes involving the same victim on separate occasions, where the defendant had a
reasonable opportunity to reflect on his actions between crimes.
The record indicates the trial court erroneously applied the standard for multiple
sex offenses, thereby concluding consecutive sentences were mandatory on counts 1 and
2. The court stated it was imposing consecutive terms because Deville had time to reflect
between commission of the crimes charged in counts 1 and 2. The offense charged in
count 2 is not a sex offense, however, and consecutive terms were not mandatory because
the offenses charged in counts 1 and 2 occurred on the same occasion.
Because the record indicates the trial court “misunderstood the scope of its
discretion to impose concurrent sentences for defendant’s current convictions, and
erroneously believed consecutive sentences were mandatory,” we vacate Deville’s
sentence and remand the matter for a new sentencing hearing. (People v. Deloza, supra,
18 Cal.4th at p. 600.) We express no opinion on whether the court should impose
concurrent or consecutive terms on counts 1 and 2 in the exercise of its discretion.
VII. Concurrent sentence on count 4
Deville contends the trial court erred in imposing a concurrent term on count 4 for
unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Deville argues the court should have stayed
the sentence under section 654. The Attorney General agrees
Section 654, subdivision (a), provides in pertinent part: “An act or omission that
is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the
provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case
shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision.”

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 Deville was punished twice for the same act in count 1 for forcible rape and in
count 4 for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The trial court should have stayed
the sentence on count 4. (People v. Reed (2006) 38 Cal.4th 1224, 1227 [“the trial court
must stay execution of sentence on the convictions for which multiple punishment is
prohibited”].) On remand for resentencing, the court may not impose concurrent terms
on counts 1 and 4.
DISPOSITION
The conviction for administering a controlled substance (count 6) is reversed. The
prior serious felony enhancements under section 667, subdivision (a)(1), imposed on
count 2 are stricken. The prior sex offense enhancement under section 667.6, subdivision
(a), imposed on count 1 is stricken. The sentence is vacated and the matter is remanded
for resentencing. The trial court is directed to correct the abstract of judgment to reflect
that the conviction for administering a controlled substance to a minor (count 2) is a
violation of Health and Safety Code section 11380 (not a violation of Health and Safety
Code section 11353). In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

CHANEY, J.
We concur:

MALLANO, P. J.

ROTHSCHILD, J.

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