People v. Balderas

Opinion

GRODIN, J.

In a single proceeding, defendant David Balderas was tried on sixteen felony counts set forth in two informations and arising from three separate incidents. The principal information, No. 21050, first charged defendant with crimes against Randy L. and Corrine S. in the early morning of December 24, 1979. The jury convicted defendant, as charged, of two counts each of forcible kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 2071) and robbery (§ 211), and one count each of forcible rape (§ 261, former subd. (3)), oral *161copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)), and sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)). As to each count,…