Hudson

Grafton Rudolph Hudson appeals from a judgment of imprisonment which was rendered after a jury found him guilty of violating Penal Code sections 220 (assault with intent to commit rape), 236-237 (false imprisonment, two counts), 261, subdivisions (2) and (3) (forcible rape), and 288a, subdivision (c) (forcible oral copulation).

Facts

Three separate incidents, involving three different women over a period of almost two years, were joined into one information for trial. Followihg is a brief summary of the facts.

Appellant met Phyllis on four separate occasions to discuss problems their respective children were having at school. The last meeting ended up in her apartment where he physically attacked her, knocked her down, ripped at her clothes, placed his “hand” (sic) in her vagina, and threatened to kill her if she did not stop screaming. She kicked him in the groin, grabbed a kitchen knife and ordered him out. She then called the police. Appellant denied being with Phyllis on that occasion. The jury found him guilty of violating Penal Code sections 220 and 236-237.

Nine months earlier, Kathleen met appellant in a bar, drank with him and his friends and after closing…