Ramirez

Opinion of the Court by Corrigan, J. Juan Villa Ramirez1 was convicted of a variety of crimes on three separate occasions. Those sets of convictions were as follows: 1. Robbery of Leonel Paredes, kidnapping during the commission of carjacking and for purposes of ransom, during which Paredes was exposed to a substantial likelihood of death, and three enhancements for personal firearm use;2 2. Robbery and kidnapping during the commission of carjacking of Juan Carlos Ramirez;3 3. Carjacking, kidnapping with intent to commit robbery, and first degree murder of Chad Yarbrough, with special circumstances for killing during kidnapping and carjacking, and three personal firearm use enhancements.

1 We adopt defendant’s name as it appears in the trial court below and in defendant’s briefing before us. We note, however, that defendant’s name appears as Juan de Dios Ramírez Villa in litigation before the International Court of Justice. (Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. U.S.) 2004 Judgment, I.C.J. 12, 25 (Mar. 31) [litigant #20].) We mean no disrespect by adopting the name used in his briefing. 2 Penal Code sections 212.5, subdivision (c), 209.5, 209, subdivision…