P. v. Ricketts
Jon Pierre Ricketts, Charles Hale, and Derrick Scott were tried jointly before separate juries. The juries found each defendant guilty of attempted murder (count 1; Pen. Code, 664, 187), assault with a semiautomatic firearm (count 2; 245, subd. (b)), and discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle (count 3; 12034, subd. (c)). Ricketts was additionally charged with, and found guilty of, being a felon in possession of a firearm (count 4; 12021, subd. (a)).
Court strike the true findings that race was a substantial motivating factor with respect to count 2 and vacate the corresponding portion of the sentences, and otherwise affirm the judgment..
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