P. v. Smith CA2/6
James Smith appeals from the judgment entered after a jury convicted him on nine counts of sexual offenses committed against five women - Jane Does 1 through 5. The offenses were two counts of forcible oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (c)(2)(A)); one count of forcible sexual penetration by a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)(A)); three counts of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)); one count of attempted forcible sodomy (§§ 664, 286, subd. (c)(2)(A)); one count of forcible sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)(2)(A)); and one count of kidnapping for the purpose of committing oral copulation (§ 209, subd. (b)(1)). The jury found true allegations that appellant had kidnapped Jane Doe 1 (§ 667.61, subds. (a), (e)(1) & (4)); personally used a deadly weapon against Jane Does 2-5 (§ 667.61, subds. (a), (e)(3) & (4); and personally used a firearm in the commission of an offense against Jane Doe 3 (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)). The trial court sentenced appellant to prison for 150 years
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