Phung

People v. Phung

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236 Cal. Rptr. 3d 174·25 Cal. App. 5th 741
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 31, 2018G051876California8,937 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Ikola, J.

*745 Defendant Tom Phung was 17 years old when he and fellow Tiny Rascal Gang (TRG) members, riding in about five cars, chased a fleeing vehicle containing eight *177 rival gang members. A TRG member two cars ahead shot and killed one rival and seriously wounded a second. A jury convicted defendant, as an aider and abettor, of the lesser included crime of second *746 degree murder ( Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a) ; count 1), 1 attempted murder (§§ 664, subd. (a), 187, subd. (a); count 2), shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246; count 3), and street terrorism (§ 186.22, subd. (a); count 4). With respect to the first three crimes, the jury found true the allegations that defendant committed them for the benefit of a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1) ), and vicariously discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury and death (former § 12022.53, subds. (d), (e)(1) ).

The court sentenced defendant to an aggregate state prison term of 40 years to life, consisting of a 15-year-to-life term for second degree murder and a consecutive 25-year-to-life term for vicariously using a firearm in that crime; concurrently with count 1, a five-year term for attempted murder and a…

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