P. v. Ruff
On June 7, 2010, an amended information charged defendant and appellant Tony Lewis Ruff II with attempted murder under Penal Code[1] sections 664 and 187, subdivision (a) (count 1); assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury under section 245, subdivision (a)(1) (count 2); attempted robbery under sections 664 and 211 (count 3); two counts of burglary of an inhabited dwelling under sections 459 and 460 (counts 4 & 6); and elder abuse under section 368, subdivision (b)(1) (count 5). As to counts 1 through 4, the information also alleged that defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury under sections 12022.7, subdivision (a), and 1192.7, subdivision (c)(8). The information further alleged that defendant had served a qualifying prior prison term under section 667.5, subdivision (b).
Previously, on April 9, 2010, the trial court denied defendant's motion under section 995 to dismiss the information. On May 7, 2010, the trial court denied defendant's request for a hearing under People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118.
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