PEOPLE v. MASSIE
Evidence supported jury's finding that defendant acted with specific intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose, thereby supporting defendant's torture conviction under Penal Code Sec. 206, where defendant attacked victim after she refused to submit to rape. He attacked her for significant time involving different episodes with breaks during which he had time to reflect on his conduct and continued attack despite being able to see cruel and extreme pain he was inflicting on victim and he used several different methods of inflicting pain, including choking victim, dragging her by hair, stomping her face with his boot heels, and breaking picture frame so he could cut her with glass shards.
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