P. v. Aguilar
Defendant Christian Aguilar appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP) and a consecutive 25 years to life term after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder with special circumstances and found a firearm allegation to be true. He contends his due process rights were violated by the admission of evidence of a prior uncharged offense. Court conclude no such violation occurred. However, as defendant argues and the Attorney General concedes, the trial court erroneously imposed and stayed a parole revocation fine. That fine must be stricken, since defendant is not entitled to parole under his LWOP sentence. Finally, although amendment of the abstract of judgment is not required to reflect the striking of the parole revocation fine because that fine was never recorded in the abstract, the abstract of judgment nevertheless must be amended because it fails to show defendants LWOP sentence.
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