P. v. Dirksen CA2/6
Peter Jeremy Dirksen appeals from the judgment after he pled guilty to second degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, subd. (b)) and assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)), and admitted an allegation that he inflicted great bodily injury when he assaulted his victim (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). Dirksen also admitted allegations that he suffered a prior strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) and prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)), and that he served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court sentenced him to 23 years to life in state prison.
Dirksen suffocated a woman in a Port Hueneme motel. While awaiting trial on his murder charge, he hit his cell mate and fractured his cheekbone.
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