People v. Steele CA4/2

Filed 3/4/26 P. v. Steele CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E085262

v. (Super.Ct.No. FSB029421)

TEJAY ANTHONY STEELE, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Ronald M.

Christianson, Judge. Dismissed.

Janice R. Mazur, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Arlene A. Sevidal, Christopher

P. Beesley, and Genevieve Herbert, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and

Respondent.

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In 2001, a jury convicted defendant Teejay Anthony Steele of one count of

forcible rape. (People v. Steele (Dec. 27, 2022, E077444) [nonpub. opn.] (Steele III);

Pen. Code, § 261, subd. (a)(2); undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Steele

was 20 when he committed the offense. (Steele III, E077444.) Steele admitted that he