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Date: 08-22-2024
Case Style:
The People v. Raymond Giral
Case Number: 20222005875
Judge: Anthony J. Sabo
Court: Superior Court, Ventura County, California
Plaintiff's Attorney: Ventura County California District Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Ventura, California committing lewd acts upon a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Raymond Giral
and Serena married in 1990. In March 1999 they had twins, a boy and a girl, J.G. Appellant's alcohol issues led to a divorce in 2007. Appellant moved into a condominium, and the children lived primarily with their mother. Appellant took the children each Wednesday evening and on alternating weekends. J.G. slept in a bed with appellant and her brother slept on the floor.
After about two years, appellant moved in with his ailing mother. The children also stayed with appellant at this four-bedroom house.
In 2012, appellant moved to Colorado to be with Meredith, whom he married in 2013. Meredith already had two children, including a daughter M.H., who was born in 2000. J.G. and her brother would visit appellant at least twice a year. Every time she visited appellant in Colorado, J.G.'s stomach would hurt, and she would vomit the first day she arrived.
In 2018, Meredith realized appellant's computer had nude images of M.H. in her room. Small cameras were later found in appellant's nightstand. When Serena told J.G. what had happened, J.G. began crying and said now everybody will know appellant molested J.G. That day, J.G. made a report to law enforcement.
J.G. testified that when she was seven or eight years old and sleeping at appellant's condominium, she woke up to find appellant's hand in her pants. Appellant had been drinking alcohol that day. Generally, by the end of a night when appellant had been drinking, he would be slurring his words and stumbling over himself.
On this night, using his fingers, appellant made back and forth movements on or inside J.G.'s labia. She did not recall appellant's fingers entering her vagina. She described appellant as "asleep" or "unconscious." "His eyes were closed," but J.G. was unsure if he was awake or "actually unconscious."...
Outcome: Affirmed
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