People v. Tangonan CA3

Filed 4/3/24 P. v. Tangonan 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NOT TO BE PUBLISHED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, C097610

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 20FE006948)

v.

BEMIL TANGONAN,

Defendant and Appellant.

After a jury found defendant Bemil Tangonan guilty of rape by force and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the trial court sentenced him to 19 years six months, plus 15 years to life imprisonment. Defendant argues the trial court erred in sentencing him to the upper term for the assault and for not staying that sentence under Penal Code section 654. (Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) Finding no merit to these contentions, we affirm. But we direct the trial court to amend the…