People v. Garcia CA4/2

Filed 7/1/25 P. v. Garcia CA4/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E082932

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF1404531)

ESTEVAN ARNULFO GARCIA, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. John D. Molloy, Judge.

Reversed with directions.

Gerald J. Miller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Collette C. Cavalier and Sahar

Karimi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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In 2014, a jury convicted Estevan Arnulfo Garcia of assault by means of force

likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1); unlabeled statutory

citations refer to this code) and found that he personally inflicted great bodily injury upon

the victim (§§ 12022.7, subd. (a), 1192.7, subd. (c)(8)). Garcia admitted that he had three

prior strike convictions and three prior serious felony convictions. (§§ 667, subds. (a), (c)