People v. Cabrera

Opinion

BENKE, J.

The appellant in this case was convicted of a number of crimes, including forcible rape, kidnapping, carjacking and infliction of corporal punishment His convictions arose out of two separate and violent assaults he committed against his former girlfriend after she broke off their relationship.

Because there is sufficient evidence in the record to support the rape conviction, we reject appellant’s contention the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to dismiss the rape allegation. We also reject his contention the trial court erred in preventing him from offering a…