Felix

People v. Felix

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172 Cal. App. 4th 1618·2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 594·92 Cal. Rptr. 3d 239
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 16, 2009B204858California4,665 words

Opinion

Opinion

O'Neill, J.

After threatening to kill Martin Gomez, appellant Andres Felix fired two gunshots into Mr. Gomez’s master bedroom window. Felix knew Mr. Gomez was at home, and knew it was highly likely that two children were also in the house. A jury convicted Felix of attempted premeditated murder, with a finding that he personally discharged a firearm during the commission of the offense; shooting at an inhabited dwelling; and three counts of assault with a firearm with a finding attached to each count that he personally used a firearm. We hold that, under the circumstances, the evidence supports the jury’s conclusion that Felix had the necessary mental states for the crimes of attempted premeditated murder of Mr. Gomez, and assault with a firearm on the children.

The trial court sentenced Felix to a term of life with the possibility of parole on his attempted murder conviction, plus 20 years for the firearm enhancement. The abstract of judgment indicates that the trial court imposed concurrent determinate terms on Felix’s four other convictions. We affirm the judgment, but remand the cause to the trial court with directions to issue a corrected abstract of judgment which shows that…

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