People v. Haynes

Opinion

BUTLER, J.

Edrick Jordan was convicted by a jury of armed robbery (Pen. Code, 1 §§211 and 12022.5) and possessing a sawed-off shotgun (§ 12020, subd. (a)). In the same proceeding, Gerald Raymond Haynes was convicted of robbery (§ 211) and found to have been armed with a firearm during the commission of the crime (§ 12022, subd. (a)).

The court sentenced Jordan to five years—the midterm of three years for the robbery and two years consecutive for the use of the firearm. Imposition of sentence on the possession charge was stayed. Haynes, who was 17 years old when the robbery was committed,…