In 2015 prosecutors in the San Diego County Superior Court presented 11,000 text messages and 36 audio clips to support their case against Guerra.
[1][7][8] On March 9, 2015, Guerra pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of violating a California health code by failing to tell his former partner he was HIV positive.
[1][10] Investigators found 11,000 text messages and videos in which Guerra laughed about lying to sexual partners about his HIV status.
[2][12] Despite pressure to file the case as a felony, which would have carried a term of up to eight years in prison,[4] San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis had twice declined to do so.
[4][11] San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said in a statement that the sentence "was inadequate given the damage done to the victim and the danger to the public posed by [Guerra].