P. v. Gillies
After a jury trial, defendant John Alan Gillies was convicted of kidnapping during the commission of a carjacking (Pen. Code, 209.5, subd. (a)),[1] and robbery in the second degree ( 211).[2] The jury also found defendant had personally used a firearm during the commission of the offenses ( 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (b)). The court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of 23 years to life in state prison, with parole eligibility after 30 years. On his direct appeal, defendant contends he was deprived of a fair trial because a juror may have been biased against him. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus, defendant raises a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Court affirm the judgment and summarily deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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