P. v. Goolsby
A jury found Richard James Goolsby, defendant and appellant (hereafter defendant), guilty of arson of an inhabited structure in violation of Penal Code section 451, subdivision (b),[1] and further found true the allegation that he caused more than one structure to burn within the meaning of section 451.1, subdivision (a)(4) based on evidence that defendant set a fire that caused two motor homes to burn.[2] Because the felony conviction constituted defendant’s third strike, the trial court sentenced him to the mandatory term of 25 years to life in state prison. The trial court also imposed three prior serious felony enhancements under section 667, subdivision (a) after first finding those allegations true,[3] and a five-year sentence enhancement based on the jury’s true finding on the section 451.1 allegation.
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