People v. Yates CA4/2

Filed 1/15/25 P. v. Yates CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E083614

v. (Super.Ct.No. FVA018252)

ANTHONY DAJUAN YATES, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Jon D. Ferguson,

Judge. Dismissed.

Marcia R. Clark, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

On December 10, 2003, a jury found defendant and appellant Anthony Dajuan

Yates guilty of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a), count 1).1 The jury

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

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additionally found true allegations that in his commission of the offense, defendant

discharged a handgun proximately causing death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)), discharged a

handgun (§ 12022.53, subd. (c)), and used a handgun (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a)(1) &

12022.53, subd. (b)). The court sentenced defendant to prison for 21 years.2 (Yates,