P. v. Chavez CA4/2
A jury found defendant and appellant Julio Chavez, Jr., guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1).) It further found that he personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim. (§§ 12022.7, subd. (a), 1197, subd. (c)(8).) In a bifurcated trial, a trial court found true the allegations that defendant suffered a conviction out of Texas on April 15, 2011, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which qualified as a serious prior felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)) and a prior strike conviction (§§ 1170.12, subd. (c)(1), 667, subds. (c) & (e)(1)). Defendant unsuccessfully moved to strike the prior conviction pursuant to People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero). The court sentenced defendant to a total term of 16 years in state prison, consisting of the upper term of four years, doubled pursuant to the prior strike conviction, plus three years on the great bodily injury enhancement and five years on the prior serio
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