Filed 12/22/05 P. v. Jones CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
| THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
MARCELL JONES,
Defendant and Appellant.
| B180799
(Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA072443) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Allen J. Webster, Jr., Judge. Affirmed as modified and remanded with directions.
Cynthia A. Thomas, 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, Mary Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Michael A. Katz, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Marcell Jones was convicted of attempted murder, with true findings on allegations that he committed the crime to benefit a criminal street gang and personally used a firearm, personally discharged a firearm, and personally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury. (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, 186.22, subd. (b)(1), 12022.53, subds. (b), (c), (d).)[1] He was sentenced to prison for life, plus a consecutive term of 25 years to life for the firearm with great bodily injury enhancement, plus a consecutive 10-year term for the gang benefit enhancement. Jones appeals, claiming there were evidentiary, instructional, and sentencing errors. We strike the gang enhancement sentence and, as modified, affirm the judgment.
FACTS
A.
In about May 2002, Daniel Levao (the victim, a former member of the Carson West Side Piru Bloods gang) moved into a house on South Corlett Avenue in Compton, a neighborhood within the â€
| Description | Criminal law decision on attempted murder by gang member. |
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