People v. Penrice

Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction entered pursuant to the verdict of the jury finding him guilty of a violation of section 207 of the Penal Code (kidnaping) and from the order of the trial court denying his motion for a new trial.

The record shows that defendant and the victim of the kidnaping, Thelma Burns, had been living together as husband and wife. During the course of this association hostility developed between them, culminating in Thelma’s leaving the defendant and moving to the residence of a sister, Mrs. Prances Alexander, in Sacramento.

On the evening of the…