People v. Walters CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D069197

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD260844)

VINCENT L. WALTERS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Frederic L.

Link, Judge. Affirmed.

Richard L. Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Vincent L. Walters appeals a judgment following his guilty plea to one count of

murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and two counts of kidnapping for ransom (§ 209,

subd. (a)).

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In April 2015, an information charged Walters with one count of conspiracy to

commit kidnapping for ransom (§ 182, subd. (a)(1)), three counts of kidnapping for

ransom (§ 209, subd. (a)), and one count of murder (§ 187, subd. (a)). It also alleged that,

in committing the three kidnapping-for-ransom offenses, he was armed with a firearm