People v. Bray CA4/2

Filed 2/5/14 P. v. Bray 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, E059821

v. (Super.Ct.No. FBA04809)

MAURICE BRAY, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Michael A. Smith,

Judge. Affirmed.

James M. Crawford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant Maurice Bray is serving a term of 23 years and four months, plus 125

years to life, after a jury convicted him of multiple counts stemming from an armed bank

robbery. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion to recall his

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sentence under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012, also known as Proposition 36.

(Pen. Code, § 1170.126).1 As discussed below, we affirm.

On March 11, 1998, defendant and two accomplices donned masks and robbed a

bank at gunpoint. They were arrested later that day. A jury convicted defendant of three