P. v. Caudillo CA3
Defendants Raymond Caudillo III and Eladio Tena, both teenagers and Norteño gang members, assaulted a mail carrier, breaking his cheekbone in three places. A jury found defendants guilty of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4), count 1), battery with serious bodily injury (§ 243, subd. (d), count 2), and active participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a), count 5). The jury also found true gang enhancements (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(B) & (C)) to counts 1 and 2, and as to Caudillo found true the great bodily injury enhancement (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)) to count 1. The jury also found true the allegation allowing both defendants to be tried in adult criminal court. (Welf. & Inst. Code § 707, subd. (d)(1).) Caudillo was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Tena to 4 years.
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