P. v. Jones CA5
Defendant Ryann Lynn Jones was acquitted of first degree murder of three-year-old Natalynn Miller but was found guilty at the conclusion of a jury trial on December 20, 2013, of second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 1) and assault causing the death of a child (§ 273ab, subd. (a); count 2). The jury found not true a special circumstance allegation for torture alleged in count 1. On February 19, 2014, the trial court sentenced defendant to prison for a term of 25 years to life for assault causing the death of a child and to a term of 15 years to life for second degree murder, which was stayed pursuant to section 654. The court granted defendant actual custody credits of 1,793 days, conduct credits of 267 days, and total custody credits of 2,060 days. In a subsequent order, the trial court struck defendant’s conduct credits pursuant to section 2933.2.
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