People v. Meraz
Annotate this CaseDefendants appealed their convictions and sentences for murder, attempted murder, and discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling following a gang-related shooting that killed two victims and seriously injured a third. On remand from the California Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal reissued parts of its prior opinion without change and, for clarity, republished the previously published part of its prior opinion. In the unpublished portion of the opinion, the court rejected defendants' Eighth Amendment challenges to their sentences. The court corrected aspects of defendant's sentences and remanded for reconsideration.
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