P. v. Orozco CA4/3
A jury convicted Gabriel Orozco of first degree murder with special circumstances and active participation in a criminal street gang. The jury found true sentence enhancement allegations for committing murder for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang, and personally discharging a firearm causing death and personal use of a firearm. Orozco admitted five prior prison term allegations.
The court sentenced Orozco to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for murder, plus 25 years to life for use of a firearm causing death. The court imposed a concurrent two-year term for active participation in a criminal street gang. The court struck the five prior prison terms and the gun use and gang enhancements for sentencing purposes.
Orozco argues the court committed reversible error and violated his constitutional right to present a defense by excluding certain impeachment evidence. To the extent his trial attorney forfeited the cons
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