P. v. Juarez
The jury found defendants Jonathan Juarez and David Armendariz guilty of the first degree murder of David Calixtro. (Pen. Code, 189, subd. (a).)[1] The jury further found that Juarez killed Calixtro by personally and intentionally discharging a handgun ( 12022.53, subds. (b)-(d)), and that both defendants committed the offense to benefit a criminal street gang ( 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(c)). As to Armendariz, the jury found not true the special allegations concerning firearm use by a principal. In a separate proceeding, the trial court found the recidivist allegations trueJuarez suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction under the three strikes law ( 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and a prior conviction within the meaning of section 667, subdivision (a); Armendariz suffered two prior strike convictions and two section 667, subdivision (a) prior convictions. Juarez received a sentence of 80 years to life, consisting of 25 years to life doubled under the three strikes law, plus 25 years to life for the firearm use finding and an additional five years for the prior conviction. Armendariz received a sentence of 85 years to life, consisting of 25 years to life tripled under the three strikes law, plus 10 years for the two prior convictions.
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