Ruiz

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In January 2008, Ruiz participated in an attack on rival gang members, which killed one person. Ruiz was 16 years old at the time. A jury found him guilty of first degree murder, attempted murder, and street terrorism. Several gang and firearm enhancements and special circumstance allegations were also found to be true.

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 On August 30, 2010, the court sentenced Ruiz to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder charge, a consecutive term of life in prison with the possibility of parole for the attempted murder charge, and a consecutive term of 25 years to life for the firearm enhancement attached to the murder charge. The court stayed Ruiz’s sentence on the street terrorism charge and struck the gang enhancement tied to the murder charge for sentencing purposes only. It also imposed a concurrent two-year term for the gang enhancement tied to the attempted murder charge. Ruiz was resentenced in 2016, but he was given nearly the same sentence as before. The court changed Ruiz’s sentence on the gang enhancement tied to the attempted murder charge…