People v. Lewis CA4/1

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INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted William Edward Lewis II of one count of first degree murder

(count 1) and one count of second degree murder (count 2) (Pen. Code, § 187, subd.

(a)).1 The murder victims were Lewis's girlfriend, Angelina Goffredo, and her fetus.

The jury also convicted Lewis of two counts of assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd.

(a)(2)) (counts 3 and 5). As to the murder counts, the jury found true allegations that

Lewis personally discharged a firearm, causing death, within the meaning of section

12022.53, subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), and that he was convicted of more than one count

of murder in a single proceeding, within the meaning of section 190.2, subdivision (a)(3).

As to the counts of assault with a firearm, the jury found true allegations that Lewis

personally used a firearm within the meaning of section 12022.5, subdivisions (a) and (d).

The court sentenced Lewis to life without the possibility of parole plus an indeterminate

term of 65 years, consisting of 15 years to life on the second degree murder count and a

firearm enhancement of 25 years to life for each of the two murder counts. The court

also sentenced Lewis to a determinate…