P. v. Thompson
A jury found defendant Frederick Angelo Thompson, Jr., guilty of first degree residential burglary and receiving stolen property. The trial court also found defendant had a prior juvenile adjudication for robbery for purposes of a strike enhancement. The court sentenced defendant to the low term of two years, doubled for the prior strike, for a total of four years in prison.
On appeal, defendant contends he was prejudiced because during deliberation the jury inadvertently received a verdict form regarding his juvenile adjudication. Defendant also contends that use of the juvenile adjudication for a strike enhancement violated his right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Finding no prejudice and no constitutional violations, Court affirm the judgment.
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