Hood

People v. Hood

Bad Law
18 Cal. Rptr. 351·1962 Cal. App. LEXIS 2800·199 Cal. App. 2d 44
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 10, 1962Crim. 3995California862 words

Opinion

Opinion

Tobriner, J.

Convicted after trial by jury of the felonies of assault with intent to commit rape (Pen. Code, § 220) and oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a) by force and against the victim’s will, appellant now urges an alleged insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict as well as errors in the court’s instructions. Appellant gives us no specific references to the transcript to show in what respects such failure matures. We see no advantage in a detailed narration of the sordid circumstances of the crimes; we shall point out briefly that the evidence amply upholds the verdict and that the court properly instructed, and did not mislead, the jury.

The attack occurred during the early morning hours of November 15, 1960, when the victim, a 19-year-old girl, a member of the Women’s Army Corps on leave in San Francisco, waited at the Greyhound Depot for her bus. On the pretext of making a phone call for him, appellant induced the girl to accompany him to a ladies lounge on the third floor of the depot. There he threatened to gratify his sexual desires by intercourse; he exposed himself; he tried to force her to copulate orally; he lay upon his victim and attempted intercourse ; he orally…

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