Holbrook

People v. Holbrook

Good Law
117 Cal. Rptr. 804·1974 Cal. App. LEXIS 1342·43 Cal. App. 3d 636
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 3, 1974Crim. No. 25199California1,588 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Roth, J.

Appellant Holbrook appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict in which he was found guilty of sodomy. (Pen. Code, § 286.)

The victim Terre-(Terre) met appellant in the evening hours of November 3, 1972, at a restaurant in Hollywood where she was to meet a friend of appellant’s with whom she had a date. Appellant was invited to the party and since Terre did not know the address in Bel-Air where the party was, Terre drove her car and followed behind appellant and his friend who were in the friend’s car. At approximately 1 a.m. Terre decided to leave and appellant asked her if she would drop him off at his car which was parked near the restaurant. Enroute they stopped for breakfast at Dino’s. Appellant then told Terre that his car was parked near the restaurant where he had met her. She drove into the parking lot designated by appellant and, seeing that it was deserted, she attempted to reverse the car; appellant leaned over, extracted the keys from the ignition; started unbuttoning her blouse; pulled her skirt up, struck her and placed her legs so that they pointed towards the ceiling of the car, and entered her anally. After entering her three times he quit…

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