People v. Harris

Appellant was convicted of two distinct felonies, (1) of “copulating” his mouth “with the sexual organ” of the prosecutrix (Pen. Code, § 288a) and (2) of rape upon the same person by the exercise of force and violence. He demands a reversal of the judgment on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the implied finding on either count.

On February 1, 1951, the prosecutrix, a factory worker 24 years of age, resided in the southern portion of Los Angeles about 6 miles from the civic center. Having alighted from a streetcar about 1 o’clock in the morning, she walked along the…