P. v. Benitez
Filed 9/6/06 P. v. Benitez CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALEJANDRO BENITEZ, Defendant and Appellant. | B187191 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. LA047888) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Martin Herscovitz, Judge. Affirmed.
Heather J. Manolakas, 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, Steven D. Matthews and Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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A jury convicted Alejandro Benitez of the attempted kidnappings of Marta Ramirez and Lesbia Hernandez and assaults with a firearm against the same two victims. He challenges his convictions and his sentence. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Marta Ramirez testified as follows.
At approximately 9:15 in the evening Ramirez and Hernandez arrived at the security gate to the parking lot of their apartment building. Hernandez was driving; Ramirez was sitting in the front passenger seat. When Hernandez stopped in front of the gate defendant approached on the driver's side with a gun in his hand. He pointed the gun inside the car and said, â€
