People v. Franklin

Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

Defendant, Carl Franklin, was accused in counts I and V of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211); in count II of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207); in count III of rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 2); in count IV of attempted robbery (Pen. Code, §§211, 664); in count VI of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)); in count VII of unlawful sexual intercourse (Pen. Code, § 261.5); and in count VIII of rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 3.) It was also alleged that at the time of the commission of the offenses described in counts I, III, IV, VII, and VIII, defendant was armed with a…