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PEOPLE v. PALAFOX

No. F067413.

231 Cal.App.4th 68 (2014)

179 Cal. Rptr. 3d 429

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LUIS WILLIAM PALAFOX, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

November 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather J. MacKay , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, and Kathleen A. McKenna , Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

DETJEN, J.—

Luis William Palafox (defendant) appeals from the imposition of consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for two special circumstance murders he and Kyle Hoffman committed when both were 16 years old. In this case of first impression, we conclude the sentence is constitutional despite the trial court's inability to exclude the possibility of rehabilitation. No particular factor,...

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