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Line 18: }} '''''People v. Turner''''', formally '''''People of the State of California v. Brock Allen Turner''''' (2015), was a criminal case filed in [[Santa Clara County Superior Court]] which convicted Brock Allen Turner of three counts of felony [[sexual assault]]. Turner was a [[student athlete]] at [[Stanford University]] on January 18, 2015, when he sexually penetrated ~~an intoxicated and unconscious~~a 22-year-old<ref name=KadvanyMarch18>{{cite web \|work=[[Palo Alto Online]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328162153/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/03/18/alleged-victim-testifies-in-brock-turner-trial \|archive-date=March 28, 2016 \|title=Alleged victim testifies in Brock Turner trial \|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/03/18/alleged-victim-testifies-in-brock-turner-trial \| dead-url=no \|date=March 18, 2016 \|first=Elena \|last=Kadvany \|quote=The 23-year-old woman whom former Stanford University student Brock Turner allegedly sexually assaulted on campus in the early hours of January 18, 2015, testified Friday afternoon in Palo Alto that she had no memory of the incident.}}</ref><ref name=Herhold/><ref name=Knowles21/> woman (later called [[pseudonym\|"Emily Doe"]]<ref name=KadvanyOct9/>) with his fingers while they were both intoxicated.<ref name=MercuryMar22/><ref name="AutoMQ-1"/><ref name = Miller/><ref name="AutoMQ-31"/><ref name="AutoMQ-33"/> Turner was apprehended by two Stanford [[international students]] from [[Sweden]], who testified that they intervened because the woman appeared to be unconscious. As they approached, Turner fled. The two men gave chase, apprehending Turner and restraining him until police arrived to take him in custody.<ref name=Herhold/><ref name="Miller"/> The police arrested Turner on Stanford's campus, and booked him into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of attempted [[rape]] and penetration with a foreign object.<ref name="AutoMQ-3"/><ref name="AutoMQ-4"/> He was released the same day after posting $150,000 bail.<ref name="ABC Timeline"/> Turner was indicted on January 28, 2015, on five charges: two for rape, two for felony sexual assault, and one for attempted rape.<ref name="ABC Timeline"/> He was arraigned on February 2, 2015, pleading not guilty on all five charges.<ref name=KaplanFeb/> On October 7, 2015, after reviewing the results of [[DNA]] tests, the two rape charges were dropped by prosecutors.<ref name="Miller"/><ref name="ABC Timeline"/><ref name="AutoMQ-5"/><ref name="Aydin"/> The trial began on March 14, 2016,<ref name=KadvanyJune21/> and concluded on March 30, 2016, with Turner's conviction on the three remaining charges of felony sexual assault.<ref name=Fimrite/><ref name="Xu"/> The convictions carried a potential sentence of 14 years in prison. Prosecutors recommended six years in prison while probation officials recommended a "moderate" county jail sentence.<ref name="washingtonpost1"/> On June 2, 2016, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge [[Aaron Persky]] sentenced Turner to six months confinement in the Santa Clara County jail to be followed by three years of probation. Additionally, Turner was informed of his life-long obligation to be lawfully registered as a [[sex offender]]<ref name="ESPN1"/> and furthermore, ordered to complete a state approved rehabilitation program for sex offenders.<ref name="Xu"/>

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