Molina
People v. Molina
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Thompson, J.
Frank Eddie Molina, appellant herein, appeals his conviction by a jury of two counts of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207); one count of rape (Pen. Code, § 261); two counts of oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (c)); one count of sodomy (Pen. Code, § 286, subd. (c)); and one count of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211). He was found to have been armed with a deadly weapon during the commission of each of the above offenses. He was sentenced to state prison.
We shall relate the sordid details of the above offenses as briefly as possible.
The testimony of the chief victim, Linda M., is substantially as follows. While Linda was shopping at a supermarket with her 17-month-old child, the appellant accosted her and forced his way into her car in the parking area, then ordered her to drive to an abandoned house in the country where the crimes above enumerated took place. The threat *226 of the knife and fear for her baby frustrated any attempt on her part to resist the unspeakable indignities and physical injuries inflicted upon her. She testified that the appellant took $24 from her purse before he released her.