P. v. Fowler CA5
Defendant Michael Ray Fowler was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial on July 22, 2015, of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1); count II and false imprisonment (id., § 236; count III). The jury acquitted defendant of domestic violence (id., § 273.5, subd. (a)(1); count I). In a bifurcated proceeding on September 8, 2015, the trial court found true the enhancements alleged in the second amended information that defendant had prior serious felony convictions for assault with a deadly weapon in 2001 and residential burglary in 1986. These enhancements were alleged pursuant to Penal Code section 667, subdivision (a) and the three strikes law (id., § 667, subds. (b)-(i)). The trial court also found true three prior prison term enhancements (id., § 667.5, subd. (b)). On January 26, 2016, the trial court sentenced defendant to 25 years to life on count II, plus two 5-year terms for the prior serious felony enhancements.
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