People v. Caldwell CA3

Filed 6/5/23 P. v. Caldwell 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NOT TO BE PUBLISHED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, C095592

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 16FE010948)

v.

ADAM JAY CALDWELL,

Defendant and Appellant.

A five-year-old boy died of water submersion and blunt force trauma while in defendant Adam Jay Caldwell’s care. A jury found defendant guilty of second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))1 and aggravated assault on a child resulting in death. (§ 273ab, subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced defendant to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life for the child assault, and imposed but stayed under section 654 a term of 15 years to life for the murder.

1 Undesignated statutory references…