P. v. Thompson
Filed 8/15/06 P. v. Thompson CA2/8
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CURTIS LEE THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant. | B187987 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA247174) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lance A. Ito, Judge. Affirmed.
Robert Derham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster and Victoria B. Wilson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Curtis Lee Thompson was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. In a prior appeal we upheld his conviction, but remanded the case to the trial court to resentence him. In the first appeal, we upheld the trial court's denial of Thompson's Romero motion. (See People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.) We reasoned that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it relied on Thompson's lengthy unbroken criminal record with numerous crimes of violence. (People v. Thompson (May 11, 2005, B172484) [nonpub. opn.].)[1]
In this second appeal, Thompson again challenges the denial of his Romero motion. He argues â€
