P. v. Fifita CA2/1
A jury convicted Pulupaki Fifita (Fifita) and Lee Eastwood Manako (Manako) (collectively, Defendants) of the following felonies: attempted willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, subd. (a) ); assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2); and shooting at an inhabited dwelling (§ 246). In addition, the jury convicted Manako of a misdemeanor, exhibiting a concealable firearm in public (§ 417, subd. (a)(2)(A)). The jury also found true certain gang and firearm allegations. As a result, the trial court sentenced each defendant to a lengthy prison term—seven years to life, plus 20 years.
On appeal, Defendants, individually and jointly, raise almost a dozen separate arguments, only one of which we find meritorious.
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