Filed 5/10/06 P. v. Monroe CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEFFREY ROBERT MONROE, Defendant and Appellant. | F047261 (Super. Ct. No. SC084214A) OPINION |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. James M. Stuart, Judge.
Eric Weaver, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon and Paul E. O'Connor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In May 2002, a Kern County jury convicted appellant Jeffrey Robert Monroe of first degree burglary of a mobile home on October 13, 2000 (Penal Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (a)).[1] A .380 semiautomatic handgun was missing from the mobile home. On October 17, Monroe discarded the handgun while fleeing a Los Angeles carjacking. Sheriff's deputies recovered the weapon and arrested him. Fingerprints from inside the mobile home matched his. In February 2001, Monroe was convicted in Los Angeles County case number VA062082 of carjacking (§ 215) with a firearm enhancement, and sentenced to a total of 14 years in state prison.
At the bifurcated trial, the Kern County jury found 10 Pennsylvania burglary prior convictions true. The court found that three of those prior convictions qualified as both serious felony priors and â€
