In re J.E. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Following a court trial, the court sustained an amended petition alleging that appellant committed the following offenses: rape of K.C., assault with a deadly weapon on K.C., assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury on K.C., two counts of forcible oral copulation of S.K. (another victim), and assault with a deadly weapon on S.K. On appeal, appellant challenges only the sufficiency of the evidence to support the rape of K.C. We summarize the relevant facts in accordance with the appropriate standard of review. 1. Background When she was 14 years old, K.C. began dating appellant, and their relationship lasted from about January 2012 thru October 2012.1 At the end of January 2012, appellant and K.C. started a consensual sexual relationship. In March, they started to argue and appellant became violent. Once, when K.C. started to walk away, appellant grabbed her hair and punched her in the chest causing her to fall backwards. He also kicked her stomach. On another day, appellant punched and shoved her and slammed her into a bathroom wall. K.C. did not remember specific dates and she believed that her use of marijuana, cocaine, and other pills may have…