Legal Opinion

People v. Herrera

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 16, 1999No. G021034PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SILLS, P. J.

J.Cesar M. Herrera participated in a gang-related shooting in which a young boy and a man were injured. Herrera challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted premeditated murder; he also attacks the jury instructions pertaining to those counts. He claims the sentencing court erred by imposing an eight-month term for a gang enhancement on one of the attempted murder counts and by failing to stay execution of sentence on other counts pursuant to Penal Code section 654. We affirm the convictions but modify…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Neal v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
  2. People v. OsbandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  3. People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  4. People v. LatimerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
  5. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  4. People v. FerraezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003
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