P. v. West CA3
Defendant Jerry West, Jr., was found guilty of robbing and sexually assaulting four different women using a gun or threats of violence. (People v. West (Jan. 16, 2020, C084521) [nonpub. opn.].) He was sentenced to an aggregate determinate term of 115 years in state prison plus an indeterminate term of 331 years to life, which included terms for several firearm and prior serious felony enhancements that also were found true. (Ibid.) We affirmed his convictions on appeal, but remanded the matter for resentencing to allow the trial court to determine whether to exercise newly granted discretion to strike the firearm and prior serious felony enhancements given legislative changes that went into effect while defendant’s first appeal was pending.
At a resentencing hearing in which defendant appeared remotely via Zoom, the trial court declined to exercise its discretion to strike the various enhancements and confirmed defendant’s original sentence.
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