Bharth

BACKGROUND

Evidence from Trial In view of the limited issue raised on appeal, we briefly summarize the relevant facts underlying defendant’s convictions, construing them in the light most favorable to the judgment. (People v. Curl (2009) 46 Cal.4th 339, 342, fn. 3.) In late January 2017, the victim was 24 years old and staying at a friend’s house in Sacramento. One evening she approached a man, later identified as defendant, in a parking lot and asked to use his cell phone. He forced her into his sport utility vehicle (SUV) and drove away. Over the next seven days, they slept in motels or his SUV. Defendant twice raped the victim in a motel room. During the week he was with her, he would not let her leave, and beat her, including slapping the back of her head hard and punching her in the face, shoulders, legs, and arms. He hit her with a propane tank, pulled out chunks of her hair, banged her head against parts of the SUV, and attempted to burn her with a blowtorch. She eventually escaped from the SUV and ran to a nearby business. An employee of that business called 911; it was the evening of February 2, 2017. When officers arrived at the scene, the victim was crying and scared.…