P. v. Sengphinith
A jury found defendant Robert Sengphinith guilty of assaulting his mother with a deadly weapon -- a meat cleaver (count 2; "Pen. Code" Pen. Code,[1] "§ 245, subd. (a)(1)" § 245, subd. (a)(1)). The jury found defendant not guilty of first degree robbery (count 1; "§ 211" § 211) and making criminal threats (count 3;"§ 422" § 422). In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found true an allegation defendant had a prior serious felony conviction within the meaning of "section 667, subdivision (a)" section 667, subdivision (a), that also qualified as strike under "section 667, subdivisions (b)-(i) and 1170.1" section 667, subdivisions (b)-(i), and section 1170.12. Defendant was sentenced to an aggregate term of 11 years in state prison, consisting of the middle term of 3 years, doubled for the prior strike, plus 5 years pursuant to section 667, subdivision (a).
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