P. v. Yelverton
Defendant Jeffery Crayton Yelverton, Sr., was involved in a fatal car accident. As a result, the People filed an information charging defendant with voluntary manslaughter ( ADDIN BA xc <@st> xl 27 s HPOJUA000001 xpl 1 l "Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a)" Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a))[1] and hit and run ( ADDIN BA xc <@st> xl 18 s HPOJUA000002 xpl 1 l "Veh. Code, § 20001" Veh. Code, § 20001, subd. (b)(2)). Following trial, a jury found defendant guilty of both crimes. Finding the offenses were committed pursuant to separate criminal objectives, the trial court sentenced defendant to a term of six years on the voluntary manslaughter and a consecutive eight months on the hit and run. Defendant appeals the sentence imposed, contending: (1) his sentence for hit and run should have been stayed under ADDIN BA xc <@osdv> xl 11 s HPOJUA000023 l "section 654" section 654; and, (2) the trial court abused its discretion in imposing consecutive sentences. We find no error and affirm the judgment.
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