P. v. Gonzalez CA4/3
Defendant Jarin A. Gonzalez appeals after a jury found him guilty of committing an assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4) , and found the allegations that he inflicted great bodily injury during the assault to be true (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). Based on his admission of certain prior convictions and prison sentences, the trial court sentenced him to an aggregate term of seven years in prison.
The primary issue Gonzalez raises on appeal concerns the trial court’s denial of his motion challenging the prosecutor’s use of preemptory challenges during the jury selection process. (People v. Wheeler (1978) 22 Cal.3d 258 (Wheeler); Batson v. Kentucky (1986) 476 U.S. 79 (Batson).) He claims the court erred in concluding the prosecutor offered credible race-neutral reasons for excusing four specified jurors. He also asserts the court erred in imposing sentencing enhancements for both a prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)
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