People v. Zuniga CA4/2

Filed 3/21/25 P. v. Zuniga 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, E084677

v. (Super.Ct.No. BAF1500731)

GABRIEL AMBROSIO ZUNIGA, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Charles J. Koosed, Judge.

Dismissed.

Andrea S. Bitar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1

On July 7, 2016, a jury found defendant and appellant Gabriel Ambrosio Zuniga

guilty of willfully inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant (Pen. Code,1 § 273.5, count 1)

and violating a protective order (§ 166, subd. (c)(1), count 2).2 Defendant thereafter

admitted he had suffered five prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and two prior strike

convictions (§§ 667, subds. (c) & (e)(2)(A), 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)(a)). The court

sentenced defendant to state prison for 10 years;3 the court struck one of the five prior