People v. Contreras CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Leonel Contreras of one count of conspiracy to commit

kidnapping and/or forcible rape (Pen. Code,1 § 182, subd. (a)(1); count 1); two counts of

kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a); counts 2 & 14), seven counts of forcible rape (§ 261,

subd. (a)(2); counts 3, 5, 7-8, 15, 17 & 20), one count of rape by a foreign object with

force (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)(A); count 4), eight counts of forced oral copulation (§ 288a,

subd. (c)(2)(A); counts 6, 9, 11-13, 18-19 & 21), and two count of sodomy by use of

force (§ 286, subd. (c)(2)(A); counts 10 & 16).2 Numerous enhancements allegations

accompanied the sexual offense counts, including that the crimes were committed during

a kidnapping and involved multiple victims. The jury found all of the accompanying

enhancements applicable, except for the multiple victim enhancements for counts 4 and

5.

The prosecution charged William Steven Rodriguez with the same offenses and

many of the same enhancement allegations. A separate jury convicted Rodriguez of

counts 2, 8 through 12, 14 through 16, and 21, and found the accompanying enhancement

allegations applicable.3

1 Further statutory references are also to the…