People v. Arechiga

From verdicts of guilty of (1) kidnapping and (2) rape, after trial before a jury, defendant appeals. There is also an appeal from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The evidence being viewed in the light most favorable to the People (respondent), and pursuant to the rules set forth in People v. Pianezzi, 42 Cal.App.2d 265, 269 [108 P.2d 732], the essential facts are:

At about 8:30 p. m., on March 18, 1944, Mary Fernandez, age 17, while on Ord Street, between Broadway and Castelar Streets in Los Angeles, California, was struck by defendant, pushed into his car, threatened that if she…