PEOPLE v. RIVAS

No. H036974.

214 Cal.App.4th 1410 (2013)

155 Cal. Rptr. 3d 403

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VALENTIN NAVARRO RIVAS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

March 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon R. Wollack , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Valentin Navarro Rivas.

Cliff Gardner , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Benjamin Puga Carrillo.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit and John H. Deist , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MÁRQUEZ, J.

A jury convicted defendants Valentin Navarro Rivas and Benjamin Puga Carrillo of the first degree murder of James Lopez and of firing a gun into an occupied vehicle. It also found true sentence enhancement allegations that Rivas used a gun and that both defendants committed the murder to benefit a criminal street gang. And it found that defendants were principals...

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