People v. McPherson

Opinion

PERREN, J.

Appellant Axel Ernesto McPherson aided another in raping Nancy T. Immediately thereafter he raped her. He pleaded no *529contest to two counts of forcible rape (§261, subd. (a)(2)),1 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, consisting of consecutive sentences of six years on each count.2 McPherson contends that he should not have received consecutive sentences. He claims that the trial court erred in imposing mandatory “full, separate, and consecutive” sentences under section 667.6, subdivision (d) because the rapes did not occur on “separate occasions” and because he did not…