PEOPLE v. TORRES

No. H035626.

198 Cal.App.4th 1131 (2011)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SIMON LAWRENCE TORRES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

August 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karli Sager , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, René A. Chacón and Jeremy Friedlander , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCERO, J.*

1. INTRODUCTION

In this case a jury found that defendant Simon Lawrence Torres was guilty of attempting to dissuade a victim or witness from reporting to law enforcement four other alleged crimes that the jurors were not persuaded had occurred. A judge who did not preside at the trial imposed a sentence for a greater offense than was submitted to the jury, which included both...

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