Jones

J.—Defendant Terrell Jones (defendant), sometimes with an accomplice, went on a month-long robbery spree; if the opportunity presented itself, he and his accomplice also sexually assaulted their female victims. Defendant was convicted of 17 crimes arising out of 4 separate incidents. As a result, he was sentenced to a total of sixty-three years, eight months to life in prison; this included four separate indeterminate terms of twenty-five years to life (two concurrent and two consecutive) imposed pursuant to the “one strike” law (Pen. Code, § 667.61).

A table listing the charges and allegations against defendant, the jury’s verdicts and findings, and the calculation of the resulting sentence is attached as appendix A.

Defendant appeals, contending:

In the published portion of this opinion, we reject defendant’s fourth contention, holding the trial court did not fail to instruct on the one strike circumstances, or if it did, the failure was not prejudicial. We also reject his fifth contention, holding there was sufficient evidence to support the one strike aggravated kidnapping circumstance, because it does not require proof that the defendant kidnapped the victim with…