People v. Bell CA5

BACKGROUND

Defendant Jajuan Robert Bell was “convicted of four counts of second-degree robbery (counts 1–4; § 212.5, subd. (c)), six counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (counts 5–7, 9–11; § 245, subd. (b)), five counts of assault with an assault weapon (counts 12–14, 16–17; § 245, subd. (a)(3)), two counts of transporting an assault weapon (counts 19, 24; former § 12280, subd. (a)(1); see § 30600), two counts of participating in a criminal street gang (counts 21, 28; § 186.22, subd. (a)), one count of conspiracy to commit assault with a semiautomatic firearm (count 22; § 182, subd. (a)(1)), one count of conspiracy to commit robbery (count 23; § 182, subd. (a)(1)), and one count of carrying a loaded firearm in public by a member of a criminal street gang (count 26; former § 12031, subd. (a)(2)(C)).” (People v. Bell (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 315, 323 (Bell I), fn. removed.) Defendant was additionally convicted of two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon (counts 18 & 27; former § 12021, subd. (a)(1)). (Ibid.) “The jury found that all of these crimes were committed for the benefit of, or in association with, a criminal street gang with the specific intent to promote,…