P. v. Slaughter
A jury found defendant Antoine Laneir Slaughter guilty of crimes and enhancements arising out of a brutal attack on his former live-in girlfriend that lasted approximately 19 hours. Specifically, the jury found him guilty of: (1) torture; (2) rape by force or fear; (3) corporal injury to a former cohabitant; (4) dissuading a witness by force or threat; (5) false imprisonment by violence; and (6) obstructing or delaying a peace officer. The jury also found that defendant: (1) personally used three dangerous or deadly weapons (a bat, bed rail, and vacuum) during the commission of the torture, rape, corporal injury, witness dissuasion, and false imprisonment; (2) personally inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the rape; and (3) inflicted great bodily injury under circumstances involving domestic violence in the commission of the rape, corporal injury, witness dissuasion, and false imprisonment.
On appeal, defendant contends: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the jurys findings that he used the weapons and inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the rape, witness dissuasion, and false imprisonment; and (2) the court erred in the sentence it imposed. Disagreeing with these contentions, Court affirm the judgment.
Comments on P. v. Slaughter