Sentencing on Titus sex crime case postponed

courthouseMarvin Titus of the Bishop area now sits in the Inyo County Jail after a jury found him guilty on eight counts of sex crimes involving victims under the age of 14. At the end of November his sentencing was postponed to January 11th.

According to Inyo Superior Court, the jury found Titus guilty of four felonies and four misdemeanors. The jury returned guilty verdicts on three counts of committing lewd acts on a child by force and one count of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14.

The jury found Titus guilty of two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery and two counts of misdemeanor child molesting. The jury also decided as true what are called enhancements to the felony charges. The jury found that two or more felony violations involved more than one victim. Specifically, lewd acts with a child by force and lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 involved more than one victim.

Titus was originally scheduled for sentencing on November 30th. His attorney Tom Hardy made a motion to continue the sentencing which was granted by the court. He will now appear for sentences on the eight counts January 11th.

About Benett Kessler

Always interested in writing, Benett was the editor of her high school paper, proceeded to the University of Chicago and then out West where she and John Heston formed Eastern Sierra News Service in Inyo County. They fed film to KNXT in Los Angeles and co-wrote and produced the first daily radio news in the Eastern Sierra. Their work ranged from a published news magazine to the first television newscast. They continued to provide videotaped news to KABC and other news outlets. After a seat on the Mammoth Times board and work as newswriter, Benett formed her own company, Sierra Broadcasters and launched an FM radio station, now KSRW and a broadcast television station, KSRW-TV33. The latest addition - Sierrawave.net. Her company motto: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

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One Response to Sentencing on Titus sex crime case postponed

  1. Really? December 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm #

    I meant to post ” Seriously, this man is a monster who needs to be put away. The need for a delay in the sentencing a guilty man is insane”

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