P. v. Cardona
Filed 4/18/06 P. v. Cardona CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HECTOR CARDONA, Defendant and Appellant. | B183264 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA084280) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Michael L. Schuur, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Modified, affirmed and remanded with directions.
Barbara A. Smith, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Lauren E. Dana, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Armed with a toy gun, Hector Cardona committed a robbery at a gas station. Charges were filed in 2004, along with allegations that Cardona had suffered seven prior serious felony convictions that also qualified as strikes. Cardona pled no contest to the new charge, and the court thereafter found five of the priors were true and sentenced Cardona to state prison for a term of 25 years to life for the robbery, plus a consecutive term of 25 years for the priors (five years for each). (Pen. Code, § 667, subd. (a).)[1] Cardona appeals, contending four of the priors were not â€
