Queen
People v. Queen
Opinion
Opinion
Butz, J.
Following a jury trial, defendant Allen D. Queen was found guilty of attempted murder of a public official (Pen. Code, § 217.1, subd. (b)—count one) with an enhancement for personal use of a deadly weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)), two counts of possession of a deadly weapon while in custody (§ 4502, subd. (a)—counts two and six), manufacture or possession of a concealable deadly weapon (§ 12020, subd. (a)(1)—count three), two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a custodial officer (§ 245.3—counts four and five) and damaging jail property (§ 4600, subd. (a)—count seven). In a bifurcated proceeding, the jury made a special finding that defendant had been convicted of five prior serious felonies. (§§ 667, subds. (a)(1) & (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d).) Probation was denied and defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate state prison term of 181 years to life, consisting of a term of 45 years to life on count one (15 years to life tripled pursuant to § 667, subd. (e)(2)(A)(i)), consecutive terms of 25 years to life on counts two, four, five, six and seven (§ 667, subd. (e)(2)(A)(ii)), a consecutive term of 10 years for prior serious felony convictions and a one-year…