[Opinion certified for partial publication.
We are asked to determine the constitutionality of Penal Code section 288.5, the 1989 legislative response to the problems of prosecuting the so-called resident child molester, which defines "the continuous sexual abuse of a child" under 14 years of age as a crime.
A jury convicted 26-year-old John Joseph Higgins of one count...
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