FILES, P.J.
A jury convicted defendant of the offenses of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207) and forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 3). The trial court sentenced defendant to state prison on the rape count. Since the two offenses arose out of a single course of action, the execution of the sentence for kidn ping was suspended to avoid the double punishment prohibited by Penal Code section 654. (See In re Wright,
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