People v. Douglas
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHLI, J.
Defendant Lasance Ravon Douglas (defendant) was convicted of kidnapping for robbery, robbery, forcible oral copulation and rape. Sentence enhancement allegations that he kidnapped the victim for purposes of forcible oral copulation and rape were found true. In this appeal, he contends that:
1. It was unconstitutional for the case to be tried before a municipal court judge, pursuant to a blanket assignment order.
2. Evidence that the victim had expressed fear of being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, as a result of the rape was irrelevant and inadmissible…
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