P. v. Castrejon CA5
A jury convicted appellant Nicholas Castrejon of 18 counts stemming from a four-day crime spree: an attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664/187, subd. (a); count 6); eight counts of attempted robbery (§§ 664/211; counts 1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16 & 17); three counts of carjacking (§ 215, subd. (a); counts 2, 7 & 14); five counts of robbery (§ 211; counts 3, 8, 9, 10 & 15); and an attempted carjacking. Both firearm and gang participation enhancements were found true in each of these 18 convictions. The jury also convicted him of assault with a deadly weapon, and found true a gang enhancement, from an incident that occurred while appellant was in jail pending this trial. Finally, he was convicted of participating in a criminal street gang during both the crime spree and the jail assault (§ 186.22, subd. (a); counts 19 & 22). Appellant received an aggregate determinate prison term of 81 years two months, and an aggregate indeterminate prison term of 45 years.
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