Torres v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ■ ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ. FITZGERALD, Justice.

During the evening of November 2, 1972, the appellant, Rudolph Valle Torres, persuaded two young girls to' ride in his automobile. After driving around the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, they stopped in an isolated area and drank beer and smoked marijuana. After a couple of hours, one of the girls was left at a gas station. The remaining girl, fourteen years old, expressed her desire to be taken home. She was persuaded, however, by Torres to have dinner with him. En route to the restaurant,…