P. v. Mejia CA2/2
Alberto Mejia (defendant) stands convicted of two counts of second degree murder after he gunned down two men as they ran from him. Defendant appeals his convictions and the resulting 80-year sentence, arguing that (1) the conviction is tainted by an evidentiary error, and (2) the sentence is invalid because (a) the trial court erred in running the 40-year sentence for each count consecutively, and (b) the total 80-year sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Defendant also contends that he is entitled to an opportunity to make a record of evidence relevant to the youth offender parole hearing he will receive during his 25th year of incarceration. (Pen. Code, § 3051, subd. (b)(3); People v. Franklin (2016) 63 Cal.4th 261, 284 (Franklin).)
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