Juarez

On December 11, 1992, a second amended information was filed in which defendant was charged with having committed eight crimes, seven on July 16, 1992 and one on May 3, 1992. This information also alleged as sentence enhancements that on June 8, 1992, defendant had been convicted of a prior serious felony within the meaning of Penal Code section 667. and that he had committed the alleged offenses, including those alleged to have occurred on July 16 while released from custody prior to the judgment becoming final on a primary offense (on-bail enhancement).

Subsequently, defendant pled guilty to the crime of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (§ 12021, subd. (a)), and following a jury trial he was convicted of shooting at an inhabited dwelling (§ 246), assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), vandalism (§ 594), and battery (§ 242). Allegations that he had personally used a firearm in the commission of the crimes of shooting at an inhabited dwelling and assault with a firearm were found to be true.

At a subsequent bifurcated court trial the allegations relating to the prior serious felony conviction and the on-bail enhancement were found to be true.

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