People v. Minkowski

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury on five separate counts of rape (Pen. Code, § 261), two of which charged violations of subdivision 1 of section 261 (“ [w]here the female is under the age of eighteen years”) and three of which charged violations of subdivision 5 of section 261 (“ [w]here . . . [the female] is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act, and this is known to the accused”). The indictment charged the commission of these acts upon three young women who, for reasons obvious hereafter, will be referred to as Miss X, Miss Y and Mrs. Z. Defendant was charged in count…