People v. Ruiz

Opinion

COFFEE, J.

A jury convicted appellant Gabriel Ruiz of one count of second degree robbery and determined that he had personally used a knife in the commission of that offense. (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c), 12022, subd. (b)(1).) Allegations that appellant had suffered a prior serious felony conviction were found true in a bifurcated court trial. (§§ 667, subd. (a)(1) [five-year enhancement], 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d) [“Three Strikes” law].) Appellant was sentenced to eleven years in prison: the three-year middle term for the robbery conviction, doubled pursuant to the Three Strikes…