P. v. Johnson
A jury convicted Sedric E. Johnson of mayhem (Pen. Code, § 203; count 1) and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2). With respect to count 2, the jury found true allegations Johnson personally used a deadly weapon, specifically a knife, (§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(23)) and personally inflicted great bodily injury on a person other than an accomplice (§§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(8), 12022.7, subd. (a)) in the commission of the offense. Johnson pleaded guilty to having a prior prison commitment (§§ 667.5, subd. (b), 668) and admitted he was convicted of two prior felonies requiring denial of probation (§ 1203, subd. (e)(4)). The court sentenced Johnson to eight years in prison for count 1. The court stayed punishment pursuant to section 654 for count 2 and the great bodily injury enhancement. It also stayed a one-year punishment for the prison prior.
Johnson contends the eyewitness evidence was insufficiently credible to establish he was the perpetrator of the c
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