P. v. Townsend CA5
Based primarily on the eyewitness identifications of the two shooting victims, a jury convicted appellant Tabarri Maurice Townsend of two counts of premeditated attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664/187, subd. (a); counts 1 & 2); two counts of assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2); counts 3 & 4); shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246; count 5); and possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1); count 6). Various firearm enhancements were found true. Appellant received an aggregated prison term of 80 years, which included sentences of 15 years to life for the two counts of premeditated attempted murder.
On appeal, appellant raises claims primarily surrounding the alleged unreliability of the victims’ eyewitness identifications and the introduction of gang evidence at his trial.
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