P. v. Jones
A jury found defendant and appellant Gerald Jones guilty of grand theft by embezzlement. (Pen. Code,[1] 487, subd. (a), count 1.) Defendant admitted that he had one prior strike conviction ( 1170.12, subds. (a)(d) and 667, subds. (b)(i)) and one prison prior ( 667.5, subd. (b)). On July 24, 2007, the court sentenced defendant to a total state prison term of seven years, which consisted of the upper term of three years on count 1, doubled because of the strike prior, plus a consecutive year for the prison prior.
Defendant worked as a cashier in a store. The stores surveillance cameras captured him stealing approximately $1500 from the business over the course of a few days while he was working.
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