By City News Service
Jan 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - In a ruling released today, a state appeals court panel upheld a Monrovia man s conviction for attacks on four women three of whom were sexually assaulted.
The three-justice panel from California s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Jason Chung Chien Yu s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction on three counts of sodomy by use of force, two counts each of kidnapping to commit rape, assault to commit rape and false imprisonment, and one count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and making criminal threats.
In a 38-page ruling, the appellate court justices found that the prosecution “presented substantial evidence to establish Yu s guilt.