People v. Vargas

Defendant was convicted of forcible rape, MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788, by a jury in the Saginaw County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals as of right.

On the evening of October 21, 1971, complainant, a 17-year-old girl, had completed her shopping at a local K-Mart store and had walked to her car in the store’s parking lot. The victim alleged that she entered the car but was prevented from closing the car door by three men, one of whom she later identified as defendant, Martin Vargas. The men forced their way into the girl’s car and drove to a secluded park where they…