People v. Medina CA1/1

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

“Defendant Nathan Medina invaded the home of Beverly Rhoads, who was involved in civil litigation with defendant’s mother and stepfather. He assaulted [Beverly] with pepper spray, shot her son [Joshua] to death, tried to shoot her, and tried to shoot a family friend.” (People v. Medina (Feb. 24, 2012, A125850) [nonpub. opn.] at p. 1.) A jury convicted defendant of the first degree murder of Joshua, the attempted murders of Beverly and her friend, and first degree residential burglary. Further, the jury found that in committing each offense defendant personally used and personally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury. The trial court sentenced defendant to 1 All further unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise noted.

1 25 years to life on the murder conviction, with a consecutive enhancement of 25 years to life for personal use of a firearm; life in prison with a consecutive 20 years for the firearm enhancement on each attempted murder conviction; and a concurrent term of four years for the burglary. We rejected defendant’s contentions on appeal and affirmed the judgment. (People v. Medina, supra,…