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Filed 4/24/13 P. v. Suarez CA2/6
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                   DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,                                                                  2d Crim. No. B240876
                                                                          (Super. Ct. No. 2010038749)
     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                                 (Ventura County)

v.

FILEMON SUAREZ,

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Filemon Suarez appeals the judgment entered after a jury convicted him on
two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 (Pen. Code, § 269,
subd. (a)(1)),1 and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child (§ 288.5, subd. (a)).
The jury also found that the continuous sexual abuse offense involved substantial sexual
conduct (§ 1203.066, subd. (a)(8)). The trial court found true the allegation that appellant
had served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Appellant was sentenced to a prison
term of 17 years plus two consecutive terms of 15 years to life.
                   Twelve-year-old K.R. testified that appellant, her mother's boyfriend, began
touching her vagina when she was seven years old. When K.R. was a little older,
appellant began having sexual intercourse with her. Appellant had sexual intercourse
with K.R. about four times every week, while her mother was at work. The abuse

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
continued after they moved to Port Hueneme in 2010. K.R. stopped resisting appellant's
advances after he hit her in the head, kicked her in the back, and dragged her around the
room by her hair.
              While K.R. was at school, she told a friend about appellant's abuse. The
friend took K.R. to the principal's office and told the principal what K.R. had said. K.R.
was subsequently interviewed by the police and examined by a nurse, who found
evidence of trauma consistent with K.R.'s reports of sexual abuse. An expert witness
testified it is not uncommon for child victims of sexual assault to delay reporting the
abuse.
              We appointed counsel to represent appellant in this appeal. After counsel's
examination of the record, she filed an opening brief in which no issues were raised.
              On November 5, 2012, we advised appellant that he had 30 days within
which to personally submit any contentions or issues he wished us to consider. Appellant
did not respond.
              We have reviewed the entire record and are satisfied that appellant's
attorney has fully complied with her responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist.
(People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 125-
126.)
              The judgment is affirmed.
              NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                          PERREN, J.

We concur:

              GILBERT, P. J.

              YEGAN, J.

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                 James P. Cloninger, Judge

             Superior Court County of Ventura

           ______________________________

Sharon M. Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.
No appearance for Respondent.

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