P. v. Vonner 8/16/04 CA2/6

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: B169476

Case Date: 08/16/2004

Preview:Filed 8/16/04

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SYLVESTER VONNER, Defendant and Appellant. 2d Crim. No. B169476 (Super. Ct. No. MA025497) (Los Angeles County)

Contrary to the numerous contentions in the deluge of supplemental briefs now being filed in the California Appellate Courts, it is not at all clear that the United States Supreme Court opinion in Blakely v. Washington (2004) __ U.S. ___ [124 U.S. 2531] has sounded the death knell for California sentencing laws. It remains to be seen whether the Determinate Sentencing Law has been bruised, battered, or born into a better world.1 Here we only conclude that Blakely does not impact a sentencing

The California Supreme Court has granted review in two cases to consider certain issues in the wake of Blakely. (People v. Black, S126182; People v. Towne, S125677.)

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court's imposition of a full consecutive sentence for an enumerated violent sex offense. (Pen. Code,

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