Thomas

—A jury convicted appellant Charles Edgar Thomas of attempted premeditated murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a); 664), assault with a firearm upon a peace officer (§ 245, subd. (c)), cruelty to an animal (§ 597, subd. (a)), first degree burglary (§ 459), and four separate firearm possession charges (§§ 12021, subd. (a) [two counts]; 12020, subd. (a); 12025, subd. (a)). The jury also found appellant was both armed with and used a firearm during the commission of the attempted murder, assault, and infliction of cruelty to an animal (§§ 12022, subd. (a); 12022.5), and was armed with a firearm during the burglary (§ 12022, subd. (a)). The court found appellant had suffered three prior serious felony convictions (§ 667) and had served one prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)).

The court sentenced appellant to a total determinate term of 24 years, 4 months, which included 16 years for the prior felony convictions and prison sentence; the court made the determinate term consecutive to a term of life with the possibility of parole imposed for the attempted murder.

I

On the afternoon of February 8, 1989, Santa Rosa Police Officer Lance Badger pulled a car over because it was…