P. v. Sorrells
Kevin Dratton Sorrells appeals the judgment entered following his conviction by jury of assault with a firearm, criminal threats, dissuading a witness, false imprisonment by violence, child abuse, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and two counts of corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant. (Pen. Code, §§ 245, subd. (a)(2), 422, 136.1, subd. (b)(3), 236, 273a, subd. (a), 245, subd. (a)(1), 273.5, subd. (a).) With respect to the convictions of assault with a firearm, criminal threats, dissuading a witness and false imprisonment by violence, the jury found Sorrells personally used a firearm within the meaning of Penal Code section 12022.5, subdivision (a). Sorrells admitted a prior conviction within the meaning of the Three Strikes law (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and within the meaning of Penal Code section 667, subdivision (a). The trial court sentenced Sorrells to a term of 41 years in state prison.
The evidence showed Sorrells perpetrated domestic violence against five successive female partners. The last two, Osada and Moore, are the victims in this case. Sorrells contends the trial court committed evidentiary error, inter alia, in admitting evidence of uncharged incidents of domestic violence committed against Sorrells’s three other victims. He also claims sentencing error and inappropriate use of peremptory challenges. We reject these claims of error and affirm the judgment. We also reject Sorrells’s claim of error in the imposition of a $10,000 restitution fine pursuant to Penal Code section 1202.4, subdivision (b).[1]
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