P. v. Ferguson CA6
In a bench trial, the trial court found defendant Steven Christopher Ferguson guilty of one felony count of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, subd. (a)), three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon (a hatchet, a fireplace poker, and a pocketknife) (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), one felony count of elder abuse (§ 368, subd. (b)(1)), and one misdemeanor count of resisting a peace officer (§ 148, subd. (a)(1)). The charges arose out of a series of events involving defendant’s then-69-year-old father. The trial court also found true enhancement allegations that defendant inflicted great bodily injury and personally used a dangerous weapon in the incident involving the hatchet. (That incident was the basis for the attempted murder charge, one of the assault with a deadly weapon charges, and the elder abuse charge.) The court sentenced defendant to nine years in prison; the sentence included three years for the great bodily injury enhancement.
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