California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Luevano, B262391 (Cal. App. 2016):
The sodomy and oral copulation charges are sexual assault offenses. (People v. Harrison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 321, 327 [describing rape, sodomy, and oral copulation, the "basic trilogy of sex crimes" as "sexually assaultive behavior"].) We note defendant does not claim these two sexual assault charges were improperly joined with the lewd conduct with a child charge, nor would such claim be meritorious.
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