Ramos
People v. Ramos
Opinion
Opinion
Klein, J.
Jensen Ian Ramos appeals the judgment entered after conviction by jury of four counts of attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder and one count of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle. (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187 & 246.) The jury fourid Ramos personally used a firearm in the commission of each offense and that each offense had been committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (§§ 12022.53, subd. (b), 186.22, subd. (b).) The trial court sentenced Ramos to a lengthy prison term.
SUMMARY STATEMENT
We reject Ramos’s claims that (1) his confession should have been excluded from evidence as the product of an improper promise of leniency, (2) the trial court erroneously excluded expert testimony on police interrogation techniques, and (3) the evidence does not support the convictions. However, we agree the trial court committed various sentencing errors. Accordingly, we affirm the underlying convictions but remand the matter for resentencing.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
1. Prosecution’s evidence.
On January 4, 2002, Ryan Quintos drove three friends to a party being held in the backyard of a house in the City of Walnut. At approximately 10:00 p.m.,…