People v. Flores
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In 2018, Flores was convicted of a series of crimes, including felony corporal injury of his former girlfriend (Pen. Code 273.5(a). The court sentenced Flores to 224 months in prison, which included the upper term of imprisonment for his corporal injury conviction, a five-year enhancement for a prior felony conviction, and a one-year enhancement for a prior prison term. The court also imposed fees and fines.
The court of appeal upheld the admission of evidence of Flores’s prior acts of domestic violence and the instruction of the jury with CALCRIM 852: “If you conclude that the defendant committed the uncharged domestic violence, that conclusion is only one factor to consider along with all the other evidence. It is not sufficient by itself to prove that the defendant is guilty.” Although S.B. 1393 gave trial courts discretion to strike prior felony enhancements, the evidence and the court’s comments indicate that the court would decline to exercise its discretion to strike Flores’s prior felony sentencing enhancement. S.B. 567 limits a court’s authority to impose aggravated sentences unless certain circumstances exist but Flores need not be must be resentenced for his corporal injury conviction. Based on A.B. 1869, the court vacated the balance of Flores’s $750.00 PSR and $108.19 booking fees. The court struck a one-year sentencing enhancement.
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