P. v. Vasquez
A jury convicted defendant and appellant Jose Antonio Rivera of 27 counts of second degree robbery (counts 1-8, 10, 15, 17-26, 28, 29, 33, 37-40—Pen. Code § 211),[1] eight counts of attempted second degree robbery (counts 9, 11, 14, 27, 32, 34-36—§§ 664, 211), and found true 31 allegations that he personally used a handgun in the attached counts (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)).[2] Another jury convicted defendant and appellant Cruz Rodriguez Vasquez of 22 counts of second degree robbery (counts 3-6, 8, 10, 15, 18-24, 26, 28, 29, 33, 37-40—§ 211), six counts of attempted second degree robbery (counts 9, 11, 27, 34-36), and found true 25 allegations a principal was armed with a handgun in the attached counts (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)).[3]
The court sentenced Rivera to an aggregate term of 86 years, 8 months’ incarceration. It sentenced Vasquez to a total term of 39 years’ imprisonment.
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