P. v. Ellis CA1/5
In May 2021, Ellis fired a handgun toward an occupied residence. About a month earlier, he assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
Ellis pled no contest to discharge of a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and infliction of corporal injury on a dating partner, with a prior domestic violence conviction. His plea was open, with no specified term of imprisonment. In exchange for the plea, the prosecutor dismissed 10 additionally charged counts and numerous enhancement allegations.
At sentencing, the trial court found that Ellis was intoxicated at the time he committed the discharge of a firearm offense but that numerous aggravating factors—including the victims’ particular vulnerability and his numerous prior convictions—outweighed any factors in mitigation. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(a)-(b).)
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