Chico State student sentenced

A Chico State student was granted probation in a case in which he was convicted of entering an apartment and sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.

On Dec. 19, Butte County Superior Court Judge Michael Deems placed 23-year-old Martin Morales on four years’ probation and ordered him to register as a sex offender, according to court documents. The sentence followed Morales’ no contest plea to felony burglary and guilty plea to misdemeanor sexual battery.

According to the documents, the woman reported waking to a man fondling her in the early morning hours of Aug. 16 on Columbus Avenue. Morales (pictured) was chased off but arrested a few hours later. Morales told probation officials he drank half a bottle of vodka and has no recollection of the incident.