P. v. Taylor CA3
Video surveillance recorded an image of defendant Trevor Miguel Taylor choking his former girlfriend while she played a slot machine in a casino. He was convicted by jury of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4) ), and the jury found true a special allegation he personally inflicted great bodily injury under circumstances involving domestic violence. (§ 12022.7, subd. (e).) In a bifurcated proceeding, the court found true that defendant had two prior serious felony convictions (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)) that constituted strikes under the three strikes law. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i) & 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d).) After dismissing both strikes (§ 1385), the court sentenced defendant to serve an aggregate term of 19 years in state prison.
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