P. v. Marquez
A jury found defendant and appellant Benito Marquez (defendant) guilty of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. The trial court denied defendants motion to strike under Penal Code section 1385[1]his prior convictions of violent or serious felonies and sentenced defendant to, inter alia, two consecutive 25 years to life sentences and one concurrent 25 years to life sentence.
On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to strike his prior felony convictions and, therefore, his sentence should be reversed. Court hold that the trial court acted within its discretion in denying defendants motion to strike his prior felony convictions and therefore affirm the sentence imposed by the trial court.
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