People v. Gipson

Opinion

PREMO, J.

Defendant Lonnie Gipson was found guilty at jury trial of one count of assault with a deadly weapon. In a court trial, two of the alleged “Three Strikes” priors were found true, two prior prison terms were found true, and two of defendant’s three prior serious felony convictions were found true. After a Marsden motion 1 to replace his attorney was denied, and a Romero motion 2 to strike the Three Strikes priors was granted to the extent that one strike was stricken, the court sentenced defendant to 17 years in state prison. On appeal, defendant claims that the Three Strikes…