P. v. Cato CA4/1
A jury found Fredrick Cato guilty of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and found true the allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim. The jury also convicted him of battery with serious bodily injury with an infliction of great bodily injury. After Cato waived a jury trial, the court found true two prior strike conviction allegations, as well as two serious felony priors (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)), and two prison priors (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The court denied Cato's request to strike a prior strike conviction under People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero) and found him statutorily ineligible for probation. The court sentenced Cato to 25 years to life on count 1, plus a consecutive sentence of three years for the great bodily injury enhancement. The court stayed the five-year terms for each of the two serious felony priors pursuant to section 667, subdivision (a)(1), and
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