P. v. Ellis
Defendant Rudolph Ellis (Ellis) was convicted of the first degree murders of Joseph Cannon and Larry Harris (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)), and the jury found true the allegations he personally used a firearm in the commission of the murders (id., § 12022.53, subd. (d)). The jury also convicted him of assault with a firearm on Edward Goldsmith and S.H. (id., § 245, subd. (a)(2)) and found true the allegations he personally used a firearm in the commission of the assaults (id., § 12022.5, subd. (a)). The jury found true the allegations that all the crimes were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang (id., § 186.22, subd. (b)(4)). The trial court sentenced him to a determinate state prison term of 20 years and 8 months, plus a consecutive indeterminate term of 120 years to life, for a total term of 140 years and 8 months to life.
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