Man gets 400 years in prison for sexually abusing four girls in Sacramento County
A Sacramento Superior Court judge sentenced a convicted man to 400 years to life in prison for sexually abusing four girls, but he could be released after serving 20 years of his sentence.
A jury on Feb. 13 found Brandon Xiong, 29, guilty of three counts of committing a forcible lewd act upon a child, two counts of committing sex acts with a child younger than 10 years old, three counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and one count of contacting a minor to commit a felony, according to a news release from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
Xiong’s conviction included an enhancement for committing the sexual abuse against multiple victims. He had a previous attempted first-degree burglary conviction considered a strike under California’s “Three Strikes” law.
Prosecutors said Xiong sexually abused the four girls, ages 5 to 10, when they would come over for sleepovers at his home.
When the girls were sleeping in the middle of the night, Xiong would carry them to a secluded area of the home and sexually abuse them, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Immediately after Xiong sexually abused one of the girls in October 2018, the girl told her mother about the abuse, prosecutors said. While investigating the reported sexual abuse, authorities learned about the other girls victimized. The District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges against Xiong on April 16, 2019.
Judge Steve White sentenced Xiong on March 14. Xiong on Monday remained in custody at Sacramento County Jail, where he awaits transfer to a prison. He has been in custody at the jail since Feb. 27, 2019. His jail time will count toward his prison sentence.
Under state law, Xiong will become eligible for early release at an elderly parole hearing after serving 20 years of his 400-year-to-life prison sentence, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Depending on a person’s conviction and prison sentence, an inmate may be eligible for elderly parole after being incarcerated at least 20 years and reaching 50 years of age, or being incarcerated at least 25 years and reaching 60 years of age, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Convicted offenders sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole are not eligible for elderly parole. Also ineligible for elderly parole are offenders sentenced for the second or third strike under California’s “Three Strikes” law and offenders convicted of first-degree murder of a peace officer or a former peace officer due to performance of their official duties.
