P. v. Cash CA2/4
Defendant Christopher Cash entered the apartment of his girlfriend’s best friend, Tiffany M., without consent. Over the next few hours, defendant tied up, raped, penetrated, suffocated, and stabbed Tiffany. He tore up photographs of Tiffany and her boyfriend and stole a videotape of Tiffany and her boyfriend from the apartment. Tiffany needed surgery and spent more than a week in the hospital after the attack.
After a bench trial, defendant was convicted of three counts of forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object (Pen. Code, § 289, subd. (a)(1)) and one count each of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)), torture (§ 206), burglary (§ 459), and robbery (§ 211). The court also found true several special allegations, including allegations of torture for each of the sexual offenses. (§ 667.61, subds. (a) & (d).)
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