PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

No. B152731.

122 Cal.Rptr.2d 818 (2002)

100 Cal.App.4th 917

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Bryant D. GRIFFIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

Review Granted October 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Scott, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Ana R. Duarte and Allison H. Chung, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

JOHNSON, J.

A jury convicted appellant, Bryant D. Griffin, of five counts of child molestation and of one count of forcible rape. He contends his rape conviction must be reversed because the evidence of "force" was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the conviction. He also claims the trial court erred in failing to instruct sua sponte on the legal definition of "force" required for a...

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