P. v. Campbell
A jury convicted defendant Jeffrey Campbell of second degree murder and found true the allegation that he used a deadly weapon in committing the offense. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (b)(1).)[1] In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found that defendant was in violation of probation in a prior case involving a conviction for petty theft with a prior conviction.
The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate state prison term of 16 years to life (one year for the deadly weapon enhancement and 15 years to life for murder).[2] The court awarded 666 actual days of presentence custody credit. The court imposed a $10,000 restitution fine (§ 1202.4, subd. (b)), a $10,000 suspended restitution fine (§ 1202.45), a $40 court security fee (§ 1465.8, subd. (a)(1)), a $30 court facility fee (Gov. Code, § 70373), a $263.85 main jail booking fee (Gov. Code, § 29550.2), and a $28.75 main jail classification fee (Gov. Code, § 29550.2). The court also awarded victim restitution in the amount of $7,504.63.
According to the evidence at trial, defendant, a drug addict, fatally stabbed Frederick Howard, his dealer, in the early morning hours of May 19, 2009. The prosecution claimed that defendant killed Howard to avoid paying a $100 debt and to steal Howard’s money and drugs. Defendant testified that he killed Howard in self-defense after wresting away the knife Howard pulled on him.
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