P. v. Lopez CA4/1
In a joint trial at which dual juries were empaneled, David Gonzalez was convicted of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) of Salvador Cendejas; and Jaime Lopez was convicted of second degree murder (ibid.) of Cendejas. As to Gonzalez, the jury further found that Gonzalez personally and intentionally discharged a firearm in committing the murder (§§ 12022.53, subd. (d), 1192.7, subd. (c)(8)), and the trial court made a true finding that Gonzalez incurred a prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)) and a prior strike (§§ 667, subds. (c), (e)(1), 1170.12., subd. (c)(1)).
The trial court sentenced Lopez to prison for an indeterminate term of 15 years to life, and sentenced Gonzalez to prison for an indeterminate term of 75 years to life and a consecutive determinate term of five years.
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