People v. Andrus

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

By jury trial appellant Darrin Layton Andrus was convicted of one count of kidnapping, four counts of rape and sodomy, and one count of penetration of the anal opening by a foreign object, to wit, a knife handle. (Pen. Code, §§ 207, subd. (a), 261, subd. (2), 286, subd. (c), 289, subd. (a).) As to the kidnapping and the four counts of rape and sodomy, the jury also found appellant used a deadly weapon, a knife. (Pen. Code, §§ 12022, subd. (b), 12022.3, subd. (a).) Appellant was sentenced to state prison as described more fully post.

About 9:30 p.m. on December 10, 1986, the…