People v. Williams CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

On May 31, 2010, defendant and an accomplice robbed a Subway restaurant at

gunpoint. During the robbery, defendant shocked the Subway manager with a Taser gun.

In the early hours of June 7, 2010, defendant and accomplices burglarized two

homes.

On January 31, 2013, a jury found defendant guilty of two counts of robbery

(§ 211), two counts of residential burglary (§ 459), and one count of commercial burglary

(§ 459). The jury also found true quite a number of enhancements not relevant to this

appeal.

On February 5, 2013, the trial court found that defendant had three strike priors

(§§ 667, subds. (c) & (e)(1), and 1170.12, subd. (c)(1)) and three serious felony priors

(§ 667, subd. (a)).

On March 15, 2013, the trial court sentenced defendant to a determinate term of

years, to be followed by an indeterminate term of 75 years to life. The 17-year

All section references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 determinate term was composed of five years for each of the three serious felony priors

plus one year each for two arming enhancements.2 Two of the serious prior felonies were

from the same case, number INF044919.

This…