A man who broke into the home of an 85-year-old woman whom he violently raped was properly convicted under a vestige of the felony-murder rule where the victim died following a fall in her home while still traumatized by the attack, fractured her hip,  and experienced complications from surgery, the Fifth District Court of Appeal has determined.

Div. Six of this district’s Court of Appeal held yesterday that a defendant was properly convicted of felony false imprisonment based on testimony that he drove erratically with his then-wife in the car and, when she demanded that he let her out of the vehicle, told her “try it” with a “malicious” laugh, rejecting the assertion that prosecutors must show that he threatened force that is greater than that necessary to effectuate restraint on a person’s liberty.

State and local officials, local judges and court staff, and California Supreme Court justices gathered last month to help commemorate the completion of the new Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse. The new building consolidates court services, and addresses overcrowding and security issues. 

A California appellate justice and a doctor who uses social media to empower medical learners will be the first guest speakers as the University of California, Davis, begins its graduation season this week.