People v. Carrasco CA4/3

INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Juan Manuel Carrasco of one count (count 2) of assault 1 with a semiautomatic firearm (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (b)) and one count (count 3) of 2 active participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)) (section 186.22(a)). As to count 2, the jury found true these three sentence enhancement allegations: 1. Carrasco personally used a firearm in the commission of the offense (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)) (the firearm enhancement); 2. Carrasco committed the offense for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)) (the gang enhancement); and 3. Carrasco personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)) (the great bodily injury enhancement). The trial court stayed execution of the sentence on count 3 pursuant to section 654. The court sentenced Carrasco to a term of 32 years in prison, calculated as follows: a base term of nine years on count 2; a consecutive term of 10 years on the firearm enhancement; a consecutive term of 10 years on the gang enhancement; and a consecutive term of 3 three years on the great bodily injury enhancement. We conclude the evidence…