P. v. Sekona CA2/7
A jury convicted Sosaia Kanandale Sekona of first degree premeditated murder following a shooting outside a restaurant in Inglewood. The jury also found true the allegations Sekona committed the crime to benefit a criminal street gang and personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing death (Pen. Code, § 12022.53, subd. (d)). The trial court found Sekona had suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction. The court sentenced Sekona to a state prison term of 75 years to life, consisting of 25 years to life, doubled under the three strikes law, plus 25 years to life for the firearm enhancement. The court stayed imposition of the sentence for the gang enhancement. (People v. Sekona (Jan. 29, 2018, B272444) [nonpub. opn.].)
In Sekona’s initial appeal we vacated the sentence and remanded for a new trial on the gang allegation. We directed the trial court as follows: “If the jury finds the gang allegation true, the trial court is to impose the enhancement under
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