People v. Rance

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

By jury trial appellant was convicted of burglary, rape, sodomy, and oral copulation. Proceedings were suspended and he was committed to the Department of Health as a mentally disordered sex offender for a maximum of eight years.

After 10 p.m. on October 26, 1978, appellant gained entry to the apartment of Ruth S. by means of a ruse involving asking for a certain person and then asking to use the telephone directory and to make a phone call. Once inside, he forced her to engage in the sex acts involved.

For the purpose of proving a common scheme or plan, intent, motive, and…