People v. Braslaw
Annotate this CaseDefendant and Jane Doe were classmates at a vocational school in St. Helena. Doe lived at a school dormitory. Defendant lived off-campus in a house notorious for wild parties. In January 2012, Doe and her former roommate, M.H., attended a party at defendant’s house. Doe became “really drunk.” One moment she was hanging out with friends; the next thing she recalled was being unclothed in a shower. Defendant was found guilty of raping an intoxicated person (Pen. Code, 261(a)(3)). The court of appeal affirmed, rejecting arguments that the trial court should have given further jury instructions on a defendant’s belief in the victim’s capacity to consent and should have instructed on attempted rape and that his counsel was ineffective in failing to object to alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
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