P. v. Halpern
A jury convicted defendant Andrew Halperin of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury upon Donna Hein in violation of Penal Code section 245, subdivision (a)(1).[1] The two other counts alleged against defendantresidential robbery ( 211) and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime ( 136.1)which arose out of the same May 16, 2007 incident, were dismissed after the jury was unable to reach verdicts. In a separate proceeding, the jury found the recidivist allegations truethat defendant suffered four serious or violent felony convictions ( 667, subd. (a)) which qualified as strikes for purposes of the three strikes law ( 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and that defendant served four prior prison terms ( 667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court imposed a three strikes law sentence of 25 years to life, plus 4 years for the prior prison term findings. Court disagree and affirm.
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