People v. Ramos

Opinion

CHIN, J.

In 1991, an information charged defendant with three counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 with a personal use of a firearm enhancement on each count. (§ 12022.5, subd. (a).) The information included a multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), and charged two violations of section 12021, subdivision (a) (felon in possession of a firearm). In addition, defendant was charged with two enhancements under section 667.5, subdivision (b) (prior violent-felony prison convictions). He was held in the Martinez Detention Facility.

Nearly a year later, county…