Maldonado

People v. Maldonado

Good Law
186 Cal. App. 3d 863·1986 Cal. App. LEXIS 2197·230 Cal. Rptr. 925
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 27, 1986No. A032877California871 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

King, J.

In this case we strike a five-year sentence enhancement for a 1950 murder conviction in Texas because the minimum elements of the prior conviction did not include all the elements of a serious felony in California.

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II.

A jury convicted Maldonado of battery with serious bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (d)) and assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, *865 § 245, subd. (a)(1)), and found to be true allegations of personal use of a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)) and injury to a person 60 years of age or older (Pen. Code, § 1203.09, subd. (f)). The court also found to be true an allegation that Maldonado had a prior serious felony conviction for murder in Texas in 1950 (Pen. Code, § 667).

The court sentenced Maldonado to nine years’ imprisonment, consisting of the middle term of three years for battery with serious bodily injury, a one-year enhancement for personal use, and a five-year enhancement for the 1950 murder conviction.

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IV.

Maldonado correctly contends the five-year enhancement for the 1950 Texas murder conviction must be stricken because the minimum elements of the conviction did not include “all of the elements of any…

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