What are the consequences of using a firearm in the commission of a murder?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, G040209 (Cal. App. 8/17/2009), G040209 (Cal. App. 2009):

Penal Code "[s]ection 12022.53 prescribes substantial sentence enhancements for using a firearm in the commission of certain listed felonies, including murder. . . . Subdivision (d) of the statute provides for an additional consecutive 25-year-to-life prison term for any person convicted of murder `who, in the commission of a felony . . . personally and intentionally discharges a firearm and proximately causes great bodily injury . . . or death, to any person other than an accomplice . . . .' [Citation.]" (People v. Cobb (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 1051, 1056-1057.)

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