P v. Akuna
A jury convicted defendants Noah Keoni Akuna and Frank Nathan Escalante of the first degree murder of German Palacious (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and of conspiracy to commit that murder (§ 182, subd. (a)(1)), with true findings in both counts that each defendant personally discharged a firearm causing death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)), that a principal discharged a firearm causing death (§ 12022.53, subds. (d) & (e)(1)), and that the crimes were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(A)). The jury also convicted each defendant of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1).) Defendant Escalante admitted a prior strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) and was sentenced to an aggregate term of 80 years to life in state prison. Defendant Akuna was sentenced to an aggregate term of 50 years to life in state prison.
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