P. v. Stein CA4/14
On July 2, 2019, an amended information charged defendant and appellant James Roy Stein with making criminal threats under Penal Code section 422 (counts 1, 2, 3), and dissuading a witness under section 136.1 (counts 4 and 5). As to counts 4 and 5, the information also alleged “that the defendant committed the above offense knowingly and maliciously by means of force and by an express or implied threat of force and violence, in furtherance of a conspiracy, having been convicted of a similar offense previously, and for a pecuniary gain, upon a witness or victim, within the meaning of PC 136.1, subdivision (c)(1).” Moreover, the information alleged five enhancements for prior prison terms under former section 667.5, subdivision (b).
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