P. v. Ramos CA3
Defendant Jaime Ramos was 19 and a half years old when he participated in an armed robbery of a bank in Stockton that resulted in a high-speed police chase, the death of three people, and serious injuries to two other people. Pursuant to a negotiated disposition, he pleaded guilty to first degree murder under a felony-murder theory (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189), carjacking (§ 215, subd. (a)), and attempted murder of a peace officer (§ 664/187). He also admitted a special circumstance allegation: that the murder was committed while he was engaged in the commission of a robbery. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A).) The trial court sentenced him to the stipulated sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP).
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