California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Howard, E070100 (Cal. App. 2019):
3. "The penalty for a conviction of lewd conduct under section 288, subdivision (a) or (b), during the time period that [defendant] abused [victim 3], was three, six or eight years." (People v. Alvarez, supra, 100 Cal.App.4th at p. 1178, fn. 6.)
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