People v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Shepard v. United States · Francis v. Franklin · Cunningham v. California
Most-quoted passages
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“Even under the deferential substantial evidence standard of review, the record of conviction does not support the trial court's contrary findings that defendant's use of the vehicle during the offense was merely 'incidental,' or that Sanchez was 'dragged slightly, though the dragging wasn't anything more than keeping pace with the car.' The vehicle was the instrumentality by which defendant committed the offense, and whatever speed defendant was driving, Sanchez was dragged and had to run to keep his balance to such an extent that a witness characterized Sanchez as '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When the jury convicted [Perez] of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, they necessarily found the force used by [Perez] in assaulting Sanchez, the victim, was likely to produce great bodily injury. [Citation.] The sole means by which [Perez] applied this force was the vehicle he was driving. Thus, the record of conviction establishes [Perez] used the vehicle in a manner capable of producing, and likely to produce, at a minimum great bodily injury-i.e., as a deadly weapon. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“with a deadly weapon when he simply carries a weapon or has it available for use in either offense or defense. [Citation.]' [Citations.] Here, because defendant personally used the vehicle as a deadly weapon, he necessarily had it available for use and so was armed with it during the commission of his current offense, since 'use' subsumes 'arming.' [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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