People v. Sparks CA3

Filed 7/29/15 P. v. Sparks CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, C073787

v. (Super. Ct. No. 12F02275)

LASHAWN SPARKS,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury convicted defendant Lashawn Sparks of first degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and the trial court found he had been convicted of a prior strike (§ 667, subds. (b)- (i)).1 The trial court sentenced defendant to serve eight years in prison. At the same

Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 time, the court sentenced defendant to serve a concurrent four years for violation of probation in Sacramento County Superior Court case No. 10F03541. On appeal, defendant contends…