P. v. Valenzuela CA3
After driving suspiciously in a residential area where there had been numerous home invasions, defendant Javier Antonio Valenzuela sped away from sheriff’s deputies in an unmarked van, crashed his car and then backed up into their van when they tried to approach him, cracking the bumper and moving the van a few feet backwards. He continued leading a high-speed chase until his car hit a pole guide wire and he was arrested. Among other offenses, he was convicted of three counts of assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury as a lesser included offense to assault with a deadly weapon or by force likely to produce great bodily injury on a peace officer and sentenced to three years eight months in prison.
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