People v. Joyce CA2/6

Filed 7/16/14 P. v. Joyce CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B249211 (Super. Ct. No. 2013006956) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Ventura County)

v.

ROBERT BRIAN JOYCE,

Defendant and Appellant.

Robert Brian Joyce appeals a judgment after conviction by guilty plea to one count of carjacking. (Pen. Code, § 215, subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced him to five years in state prison. We affirm. Joyce took a car from a man at gunpoint and beat him. Joyce initially pled guilty to one count of carjacking in exchange for a three-year term. The trial court decided a three-year term was not in the interest of justice after it reviewed the sentencing…