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Man pleads no contest to willfully spreading HIV
A 30-year-old San Diego man who knowingly exposed his partner to the HIV virus pleaded no contest Monday to a violation of the state health code.
Thomas Miguel Guerra, who entered the plea on the day his trial was to go forward, faces up to six months in custody and a $1,000 fine when he is sentenced April 13.
According to the City Attorney’s Office, Guerra’s case is the first prosecution of willful HIV transmission in San Diego. The office found no previous successful prosecution of its kind in the 20 years since the California Legislature adopted the statute.
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