People v. Waqa

Filed 6/14/23 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A163761 v. RUSIATE KOLILOA WAQA, (Sonoma County Super. Ct. No. SCR-730833-1) Defendant and Appellant. A jury convicted defendant Rusiate Waqa of forcible rape after he sexually assaulted a woman in a public restroom. Because Waqa moved the victim from the restroom’s small stall to its large stall before raping her, the jury also found true an aggravated kidnapping circumstance under the One Strike law, Penal Code section…