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Date Created: 2023-09-20 18:04:20.488508+00
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Filed 9/20/23 P. v. Jeronimo CA5

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                     FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

 THE PEOPLE,
                                                                                             F085228
           Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                                     (Tulare Super. Ct.
                    v.                                                               No. VCF333853A)

 JESUS JERONIMO,
                                                                                          OPINION
           Defendant and Appellant.

                                                   THE COURT*
         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County. Antonio A.
Reyes, Judge.
         Joshua L. Siegel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and
Respondent.
                                                        -ooOoo-

         * Before Poochigian, Acting P. J., Smith, J. and Snauffer, J.
       In an amended information filed September 27, 2016, the Tulare County District
Attorney charged defendant with murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 committed
during a kidnapping (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)), and while lying in wait (§ 190.2,
subd. (a)(15)). The information further alleged defendant personally used a firearm
causing great bodily injury and death to the victim. (§ 12022.53, subd. (d).)
       Defendant was jointly tried alongside codefendants Angelita Reyes and Arturo
Hernandez Pompa (Arturo). The evidence at trial was summarized in the nonpublished
opinion in People v. Jeronimo, May 5, 2022, F078575 (Jeronimo I), which is
incorporated herein by reference. (See In re Ruedas (2018) 23 Cal.App.5th 777, 783.)
The jury convicted defendant of murder and found the various allegations of the
information to be true. The court sentenced defendant to life in prison without the
possibility of parole, plus a consecutive term of 25 years to life for the firearm
enhancement. (§ 12022.53, subd. (d).)
       Defendant appealed the judgment. In an opinion filed December 22, 2021, this
court struck defendant’s parole revocation fine but otherwise affirmed the judgment. The
Supreme Court granted review of that opinion and transferred it back to this court for
reconsideration pursuant to People v. Tirado (2022) 12 Cal.5th 688. We remanded this
matter “for the [trial] court to determine how it would like to exercise the discretion it has
pursuant to Tirado.” (Jeronimo I, supra, F078575.)
       The trial court held a hearing on October 24, 2022, and declined to exercise its
discretion to reduce or strike the punishment for the section 12022.53 enhancement. On
March 10, 2023, the court resentenced defendant to life without the possibility of parole,
plus a consecutive term of 25 years to life. Defendant now appeals again. Counsel has
filed a Wende brief.

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

                                              2.
       After independent review of the record, we have concluded there are no
reasonably arguable legal or factual issues.
                                     DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

                                               3.