P. v. Cayado
Following a jury trial, Marcos Alberto Cayado (appellant) was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, 11377, subd. (a)). In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found true the allegation that appellant had a prior strike ( 1170.12) and served a prior prison term ( 667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court sentenced appellant to a total term of three years eight months in state prison: the low term of 16 months, doubled pursuant to the three strikes law, plus one year consecutive for the prior prison term. On appeal, appellant contends the trial courts voir dire lightened and shifted the prosecutions burden of proof and that it erred when it denied his Batson/Wheeler motion. Court disagree and affirm.
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