P. v. Gelashvili
In September 2005 a jury found Iosif A. Gelashvili guilty of kidnapping for ransom (Pen. Code, 209, subd. (a); count 1; all statutory references are to the Penal Code); attempted robbery ( 664, 211; count 2); burglary ( 459; count 3); and two counts of assault with a firearm ( 245, subd. (b); counts 4 & 5), all enhanced by personal firearm use ( 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (b)). The court sentenced Gelashvili to prison for life plus 32 years four months: life with the possibility of parole on count 1 and 10 years for the section 12022.53, subdivision (b) enhancement; stayed terms ( 654) on counts 2 and 3; a nine-year upper term on count 4 and 10 years for the section 12022.5, subdivision (a) enhancement; and consecutive sentences of two years (one-third the middle term) on count 5 and one year four months (one-third the middle term) for the section 12022.5, subdivision (a) enhancement. Gelashvili appealed.
Court affirm.
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