P. v. Lawless CA5
Defendant Kristopher Williams Lawless was charged with and convicted of child endangerment (and other counts unrelated to this appeal) in violation of Penal Code section 273a, subdivision (a) after driving recklessly while fleeing from officers with an improperly restrained child in his car. The child’s mother was a passenger in the car.
Defendant had a prior serious felony conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law and the court found true the section 667, subdivision (a) enhancement. The court sentenced defendant to a 12-year term (upper term of six years, doubled under the three strikes law) on the child endangerment conviction. The trial court further imposed a consecutive five-year term for the prior serious felony conviction enhancement, for a total consecutive term of 17 years in prison.
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