People v. Cook

Opinion

CHIN, J.

When a defendant is convicted of a crime, the sentence for that crime may sometimes be enhanced if the defendant “personally inflicts great bodily injury on any person.” (Pen. Code, § 12022.7, subd. (a).) Defendant was convicted of three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. We must decide whether the sentence for the gross vehicular manslaughter of one victim may be enhanced for defendant’s infliction of great bodily injury on other victims. The question requires us to interpret section 12022.7, subdivision (g), which provides that the enhancement “shall not apply to murder…