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Santa Ana man who sodomized a toddler now heading to prison for 25 years to life

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Case # 14CF1874

Date: April 6, 2018

MAN WHO SODOMIZED TODDLER SENTENCED 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON AFTER COURT OF APPEAL REVERSED TRIAL JUDGE’S ILLEGAL SENTENCE

*Defendant was originally sentenced to 10 years in state prison

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A man who sodomized a toddler was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison after the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One reversed a trial judge’s illegal 10-year sentence.

“Sodomizing a 4 year old is obviously a heinous crime. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office rightfully pursued the life sentence to make sure this defendant received the mandatory 25 years to life,” stated District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.

Defendant: Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, 23

Found guilty by a jury on Dec. 3, 2014 of the following felony counts: Continue reading→

Santa Ana man who sodomized a three-year old relative now facing 25 years to life in prison

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An Orange County Superior Court judge agreed Friday to delay the re-sentencing of a convicted child molester, Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, but warned the man that he will get 25 years to life in prison when he returns to court in January, according to the O.C. Register.

It looks like Judge M. Marc Kelly learned from his mistake back in 2015 when he took 15 years off of Rojano-Nieto’s mandatory minimum sentence. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man gets a new longer prison sentence after he sodomized a 3-year old relative

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Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, a 21-year old Santa Ana man, got lucky when County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly sentended him to a 10-year prison sentence on April 3, 2015, after Rojano-Nieto sodomozed a 3-year old relative. Kelly could have sentenced Rojano-Nieto to a state-mandated life term in prison. The outcry after Kelly’s lame sentence led to an aborted attempt to recall the Judge.

On Friday Rojano-Nieto’s luck ran out as the California State Supreme Court rejected a defense appeal, clearing the way for the Fourth Appellate District in San Diego to finalize its reversal of the sentence Friday, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man who sodomized a 3-year old girl re-sentenced to 25 years to life in prison

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 14CF1874

Date: January 31, 2017

COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES TRIAL JUDGE’S ILLEGAL SENTENCE OF MAN WHO SODOMIZED TODDLER

*Defendant was originally sentenced to 10 years in state prison; court remands case for defendant to be sentenced to 25 years to life

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One reversed a trial judge’s illegal 10 year sentence for a man who sodomized a toddler and ordered the judge to impose the mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration. Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, 21, was found guilty by a jury on Dec. 3, 2014 of one felony count of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger and one felony count of lewd acts upon a child under 14. His resentencing date is to be determined.

“The Orange County District Attorney’s Office applauds the decision by the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, which recognizes that the Legislature’s mandated punishment of 25 years to life for committing sodomy on a toddler is a constitutionally valid sentence designed to protect the most vulnerable victims in our community,” Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas stated. “This was a good day for child victims of brutal sex assaults and the People of Orange County.” Continue reading→

Recall effort against Judge who gave a light sentence to a Santa Ana molester fails

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A recall campaign against Judge Marc Kelly, an Orange County Superior Court judge who reduced the sentence for a Santa Ana man convicted of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old relative, has fizzled after organizers were unable to gather enough signatures to put the recall on the June ballot, according to the O.C. Register.

The recall effort was launched against Kelly in reaction to his April ruling in the Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto case, in which Rojano-Nieto was convicted of sexual assault of a 3-year-old relative. Despite state law imposing a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years, Kelly slashed the sentence down by 60% to 10 years, according to OC Political. Continue reading→

The OCDA has filed an appeal of the light sentence given to a Santa Ana child molester

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Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto

 

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 14CF1874

Date: April 16, 2015

OCDA FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL OF SENTENCE IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE OF TODDLER

*Mandatory minimum sentence if convicted requires 25 years to life in prison

SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) filed a notice of appeal today in the Orange County Superior Court to overturn a sentence of 10 years determinate in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for a sexual assault case of a toddler with a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration.

Circumstances of the Case

On June 4, 2014, Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto was in a garage detached from the Santa Ana house playing video games when 3-year-old Jane Doe walked in. Rojano-Nieto became sexually aroused upon seeing her, locked the garage door, and then sexually assaulted Jane Doe by sodomizing her. When Jane Doe’s mother went to look for the victim and approached the garage door, the defendant covered Jane Doe’s mouth. When the victim’s mother left to continue looking for Jane Doe, Rojano-Nieto continued the sexual assault by using his hand to force Jane Doe to touch his penis. Continue reading→

Scumbag criminal defense lawyers stand up for pedo-loving Judge Marc Kelly

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As expected Orange County’s criminal defense lawyers are defending the pedo-loving Judge Marc Kelly, who came under fire recently after he reduced a possible 25 years to life sentence to only 10 years, for Santa Ana resident Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, who sodomized a 3-year old little girl, who turned out to be his stepsister.

The OC Weekly published the official response to the public demand, led by three Orange County Supervisors (Todd Spitzer, Shawn Nelson and Lisa Bartlett), that Kelly resign, from the Orange County Defense Bar Association: Continue reading→

Three O.C. Supervisors to call for the resignation of Judge Marc Kelly, on Thursday

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Judge Marc Kelly

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Grassroots Organizer Bryan Scott and Top Orange County Elected Officials to call for Resignation of Judge Kelly

Announcing Major Support To Recall Orange County Judge M. Marc Kelly

(Santa Ana, CA)-Bryan Scott and several Orange County Supervisors, including Chairman Todd Spitzer, Vice-Chair Lisa Bartlett, and Shawn Nelson, will be holding a press conference tomorrow Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 1PM to call for the resignation of Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly who minimized the sentencing of Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto after he had been convicted of raping a 3-year old girl, and call for his resignation.

WHO: Continue reading→

OC Judge Kelly reduces sentence of man who sodomized a 3-year-old girl to 10 years

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Judge M. Marc Kelly

Can you believe it? Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly had the opportunity to give a 25-year-to-life sentence to Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, 20, who was convicted by a jury on December 3, 2014, of sodomizing a 3-year-old girl.  But Judge Kelly decided instead to sentence Rojano-Nieto to 10 years in prison.

Rojano was playing video games in the garage of his Santa Ana home on June 4, 2014, when a 3-year-old girl, to whom he is related, wandered in to hang around, said Deputy District Attorney Whitney Bokosky. Rojano, who became sexually aroused by the child, pulled her pants down and assaulted her, Bokosky said, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→