Lara

Filed 2/13/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B330473

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA040838-01) v.

JUAN LARA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Michael Terrell, Judge. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.

Peter S. Westacott, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Wyatt E. Bloomfield and Christopher G. Sanchez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

_______________________ In 2002, pursuant to a plea agreement, Juan Lara was convicted of two counts of attempted murder (Pen. Code,1 § 664/187, subd. (a)). He was sentenced to 29 years 4 months in state prison. In 2023, pursuant to section 1172.6, the trial court vacated Lara’s attempted murder convictions and redesignated them as one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling (§ 246) and three counts of…