Court Opinion

ID: 9726574
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:57:52.727535+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:28.655518
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*219HANSON (P. D.), J.
I concur in the majority opinion, except for Part V, with which I respectfully dissent.
In light of the recent case of People v. Bergman (1984) 154 Cal.App.3d 30, 34-37 [201 Cal.Rptr. 54], hearing denied by the Supreme Court on June 13, 1984, the majority opinion creates a needless conflict in the law.
In People v. Perez (1979) 23 Cal.3d 545 [153 Cal.Rptr. 40, 591 P.2d 63], Justice Manuel, in discussing the commission of multiple sexual acts against a single victim, stated: “Assertion of a sole intent and objective to achieve sexual gratification is akin to an assertion of a desire for wealth as the sole intent and objective in committing a series of separate thefts.” (Id., at p. 552.) As in Perez, here, “[n]one of the sex offenses was committed as a means of committing any other, none facilitated commission of any other” (id., at pp. 553-554) and here, in each offense, a gun was involved. Perez defined such “base criminal” sexual attacks as more than an individual transaction, “not incidental to” but each “a separate and distinct act.” (Id., at p. 553.)
The basis of Perez was to ensure that a defendant’s punishment is commensurate with his culpability. This obviously was the intent of the Legislature in enacting section 667.6 of the Penal Code (1979 Stats., ch. 944, §10). Justice Amerian resolved the issue properly in the Bergman case.
Respondent’s petition for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied December 13, 1984. Kaus, J., and Lucas, J., were of the opinion that the petition should be granted.