California Court of Appeal

Defendant's conviction and sentence for multiple crimes is affirmed as the trial court did not err in imposing the upper term of sentence as prior juvenile adjudications that are of increasing seriousness may be used in imposing the upper term under California Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(2).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2009
• Published 09/10/2009

Judges

• NEEDHAM, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Catherine McBrien, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Law Office of Paul Kleven and Paul Kleven, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Berkeley, for Defendant and Appellant.