PEOPLE v. RICHARD LACY LETNER and CHRISTOPHER ALLAN TOBIN Part II

<html > <head> <title>PEOPLE v</title> </head> <body> <div> <b >PEOPLE v. RICHARD LACY LETNER and CHRISTOPHER ALLAN TOBIN Filed 7/29/10 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF <b >CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S015384 v. ) ) RICHARD LACY LETNER and ) CHRISTOPHER ALLAN TOBIN, ) ) Tulare County Defendants and Appellants. ) Super. Ct. No. 26592 __________________________________ ) Story continued from part Iâ€¦.. <h4>a. Incidents Involving Both Defendants</h4> David Bendowski testified that he knew defendants when he lived in Napa in 1978 and 1979. Bendowski dated Tobin's ex-girlfriend for a period of time. Bendowski and his sister, Julie Bryant, testified that approximately in June of 1978, defendants appeared at Bendowski's residence and entered by force. They confronted Bendowski in the hallway, and Tobin kicked Bendowski in the face, bloodying his nose. Tobin told Bendowski he was angry that Bendowski had been dating Tobin's ex-girlfriend. Several months later, defendants, accompanied by Letner's brother John, returned to Bendowski's residence. John Letner asked Bendowski to come outside to talk, and promised there would be no trouble. When Bendowski went outside, however, defendants threatened to beat him up if he did not get into their car. Bendowski entered the vehicle, and Letner drove them out of town. Defendants demanded that Bendowski pay them for his dates with Tobin's ex-girlfriend. Tobin told Bendowski that â€