People v. Velasquez CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

In January 2012, Ms. Doe was a special education teacher at a charter high school in San Mateo County. Appellant had been one of her students for several years. One afternoon following class, Ms. Doe stayed late to finish some work and was in her office at around 5:15 p.m. Appellant appeared unexpectedly, which was very unusual because the school closes at around 5:00 p.m. Ms. Doe asked him why he was in the building, and appellant replied that he was there to give a ride to another student, but when asked who that student was, he did not know the name. This explanation did not make sense to Ms. Doe, but she did not press him on it. Around 5:45 p.m., Ms. Doe left for the day and headed down to the building’s garage where her car was parked. As she walked into the garage and turned the corner, a man jumped from behind some trash cans near the garage entrance and grabbed her from behind “like a big bear hug.” She at first thought it might be a prank, but when she felt a knife being held at her waist and the man told her to “shut up” and “go to [your] car,” she realized he was not joking. The man asked her, “Where is your car?” She asked him, “Where are we going?”…