People v. Moore

From verdicts of guilty on two counts of forcible rape after trial before a jury defendants appeal. There is also an appeal from an order denying their motions for a new trial.

The evidence being viewed in the light most favorable to the People (respondent) and pursuant to the rules set forth in People v. Pianezzi, 42 Cal.App.2d 265 [108 P.2d 732], the essential facts are:

At about 8:30 p. m. on September 12, 1946, the prosecuting witness, a widow 56 years of age, left her home in Long Beach in company with her nephew and walked several blocks to the ocean front. She had been having some…