California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Angel, B255349 (Cal. App. 2016):
Defendant maintains that three acts of molestation are an essential element of section 288.5, so each act must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Not so. While "the number of acts of molestation is an essential element of the crime[,] unanimity on which acts . . . is not." (People v. Higgins (1992) 9 Cal.App.4th 294, 307.)
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