People v. Jackson

— Defendant Alonzo Elmer Jackson was convicted by a jury of two counts of kidnapping to commit rape (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (b)(1)), two counts of rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)), three counts of sexual battery by restraint (§ 243.4, subd. (a)), and one count of sexual penetration with a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)). With respect to the rape counts, the jury found true allegations that defendant kidnapped the victims within the meaning of section 667.61, subdivision (e)(1) and that defendant committed the offense against multiple victims within the meaning of section 667.61, subdivision (e)(5). With respect to the sexual penetration with a foreign object count, the jury found true the allegation defendant kidnapped the victim within the meaning of section 667.61, subdivision (e)(1). The court found defendant had been previously convicted of two strike prior offenses (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12) and one prior serious offense (§ 667, subd. (a)).

The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate prison sentence of 160 years to life, composed of a 25-year-to-life term on the first rape conviction, tripled by virtue of the three strikes law, plus a five-year…