People v. West CA3

BACKGROUND

Over a three-week period in 2015, West attacked, robbed, and sexually assaulted four different women in the Sacramento area using a gun or threats of violence. (People v. West (Jan. 16, 2020, C084521) [nonpub. opn.].) Based on the assaults, West was found guilty of multiple offenses against each victim.2 He was sentenced to an aggregate

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 The jury found West guilty of two counts each of forcible oral copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)), assault with intent to commit oral copulation (§ 220), and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (b)), four counts of robbery (§ 211), and one count each of

2 determinate term of 115 years in prison plus an indeterminate term of 331 years to life, which included terms for several firearm and prior serious felony enhancements. We affirmed his convictions on appeal, but remanded the matter for resentencing to allow the trial court to determine whether to exercise newly granted discretion to strike the firearm and prior serious felony enhancements given legislative changes that went into effect while West’s first appeal was pending. (West, supra, C084521.) Upon remand, the…