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Filed 10/8/13 P. v. Martinez CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

LUIS OBED BLANCH MARTINEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

E057456

(Super.Ct.No. RIF1200999)

OPINION

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Jeffrey Prevost, Judge. 

Affirmed.

Daniel J. Kessler, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and 

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

A jury found defendant and appellant Luis Obed Blanch Martinez guilty of 

committing two counts of forcible sexual penetration of a child under 14 years of age and 
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seven or more years younger (Pen. Code, §§ 269, subd. (a)(5), 289, subd. (a)),1 and 13 

counts of committing forcible lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age (§ 288, 

subd. (b)(1)). Defendant was sentenced to a total determinate term of 104 years, plus a 

consecutive indeterminate term of 30 years to life in state prison with credit of 331 days 

for time served. Defendant appeals from the judgment. We find no error and affirm the 

judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Between November 2010 and January 2012, defendant sexually assaulted his 

wife’s 12-year-old niece, Jane Doe. Specifically, defendant would sneak into a bedroom 

Jane shared with her brother three to four times a week in the middle of the night and 

touch her inappropriately. He would fondle her breasts underneath her clothing, kiss her 

on the lips, touch her vagina underneath her clothing, kiss her vagina, penetrate her 

vagina with his fingers, and fondle her buttocks. Defendant would ask Jane if she 

“wanted it” and she would say “no.” Each time, Jane would resist and tell defendant to 

stop touching her.

Defendant told Jane not to tell anyone and also threatened to hurt someone in 

Jane’s family if she told. Jane did not tell anyone because she was scared. During one 

incident, defendant grabbed Jane’s hand and tried to have her touch his exposed penis. 

Jane pulled her hand away and said no.

 

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Jane eventually disclosed the molestations in January 2012. In an interview with 

the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigator, defendant admitted the 

allegations and wrote Jane an apology letter.

DISCUSSION

Defendant appealed and, upon his request, this court appointed counsel to 

represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 

25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of 

the case, a summary of the facts and potential arguable issues, and requesting this court 

conduct an independent review of the record.

We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, but he 

has not done so. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we 

have independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no arguable issues. 

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

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RAMIREZ

P. J.

We concur:

HOLLENHORST

J.

KING

J.