People v. Martinez

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of crime of violence. We affirm.

The charges against defendant arose from two incidents in and near Colorado Springs involving two different women. Identification was the primary issue at trial.

The first victim testified that on April 10, 1979, she was sexually assaulted at knife-point in a Chevrolet Impala by a man whom she had met several hours before at a bar. The second victim testified that on April 25, 1979, a man picked her up while she was hitchhiking, threatened her…