ABUSE BRINGS PRISON TIME; MAN GETS 9 YEARS FOR ATTACK ON GIRL.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer A Palmdale man whose first plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the was rejected by a judge was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for molesting a 3-year-old neighbor girl who was infected with a severe case of herpes. Carlos Mendez, 32, pleaded no contest Oct. 15 to committing a lewd act upon a child and admitted an allegation of causing great bodily injury, officials said. ``The victim's mother said how terrible it was and that it ruined the family and her daughter's life,'' said Mendez's attorney, Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Michael Allensworth. Lancaster Superior Court Judge Frank Jackson Frank Jackson may refer to:
Prosecutors also indicated at that time that they too wanted to void the case settlement. They had discovered later that the defendant had a prior criminal record under a different name, which included misdemeanor thefts and possession of marijuana and cocaine for sale, officials said. After the case was sent back to Antelope Municipal Court, prosecutors filed a new case with the added allegation of great bodily injury, which carries a penalty of three years. Officials said Mendez molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. the girl in mid-July after she came over to play with his 4-year-old daughter. Mendez's daughter was away with her mother on a trip to Mexico, and Mendez invited the neighbor girl into his bedroom, where he committed the sexual acts, sheriff's deputies said. The molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these was discovered four or five days later when the youngster was taken to a family doctor after she complained of pain. Doctors said the girl had been molested, had numerous scrapes and was showing signs of contracting some type of disease. Two days later, the girl was taken to the emergency room at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital with a severe case of herpes. Herpes is an acute, inflammatory viral disease characterized by an eruption of blisters. It is an incurable incurable /in·cur·a·ble/ (in-kur´ah-b'l) 1. not susceptible of being cured. 2. a person with a disease which cannot be cured. in·cur·a·ble adj. , recurring disease. Officials said the girl likely will face monthly herpes outbreaks and is being tested for other venereal diseases. |
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