What are the consequences of a jury finding a defendant guilty of a range of charges including first degree murder, second degree burglary and felonious evasion of a police officer?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Shephard, E076346 (Cal. App. 2021):

On October 21, 2003, a jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder ( 187, subd. (a), count 1), second degree burglary ( 459, count 3), negligent discharge of a firearm ( 246.3, court 4), and felonious evasion of a police officer (Veh. Code 2800.2, subd. (a), count 5). The jury acquitted defendant of attempted murder. ( 664, 187, subd (a), count 2). The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of 25 years to life, plus two years four months in state prison. By opinion filed November 28, 2005, this court affirmed the judgment but ordered the abstract of judgment corrected to show defendant's determinate sentence as 16 months, rather than two years four months. (People v. Shephard, supra, E036967.)

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