P. v. Watts
A jury convicted defendant James Robert Watts in 1999 of four counts of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. (a)(2)),[1] penetration by a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (a)), assault with a deadly weapon likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), attempting to dissuade a witness (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1)), and misdemeanor battery (§ 242). (People v. Watts (Dec. 15, 2000, C034074) [nonpub. opn.] at p. 1.) The jury also sustained great bodily injury, deadly weapon and one strike allegations against defendant (§§ 12022.8, 12022.7, subd. (a), 12022.3, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (b)(1), former 667.61, subds. (a), (b), and (e)). The trial court sentenced defendant to 117 years to life in prison.
In an unpublished opinion, this court struck a one year weapons enhancement and affirmed the judgment as modified. (People v. Watts, supra, C034074 [nonpub. opn.] at p. 11.)
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