P. v. Lewis
Yusuf Bey V (Fifth) and Joshua Bey (Joshua), members of Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland, admitted involvement with others in crimes against Jane Doe One and Jane Doe Two, including carjacking, kidnapping, and torture, on the night of May 17, 2007. Fifth and Joshua identified defendant Richard Lewis, a short-term Bakery member, as a participant in the crimes, and they were the principal prosecution witnesses against Lewis at his jury trial.
Lewis was convicted by the jury of carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215, subd. (a)) and kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207, subd. (a)) Doe Two, and of the following offenses against Doe One: carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215, subd. (a)); kidnapping for extortion with bodily harm (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (a)); kidnapping for robbery (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (b)(1)); and torture (Pen. Code, § 206). The jury found true allegations that Lewis committed all of the offenses while armed with a firearm. (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (a)(1).) He was sentenced to: life without the possibility of parole, plus one year for the firearm allegation, for kidnapping Doe One for extortion; a consecutive term of life, plus one year, for torturing Doe One; and a consecutive term of eight years for kidnapping Doe Two.
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