People v. Trujillo CA2/2

── People v. Trujillo CA2/2 ── Court: California Court of Appeal Date: April 23, 2026 Category: General Filed 4/23/26 P. v. Trujillo CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, B339070 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. YA088947) MICHAEL FRANK TRUJILLO, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Kelly Michelle Kelley, Judge. Affirmed. Paul Stubb, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Wyatt E. Bloomfield and Chelsea Zaragoza, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________________  In 2016, defendant and appellant Michael Frank Trujillo (Trujillo) pled no contest to voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a))1 and kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)). He was sentenced to serve 20 years 8 months in prison. In 2024, pursuant to section 1172.75, the trial court struck four, one-year prior prison term enhancements (former § 667.5, subd. (b)) and resentenced Trujillo to 16 years 8 months. Trujillo appeals from his resentencing. We affirm. BACKGROUND Trujillo was originally charged in 2014 with one count of murder. (§ 187, subd. (a).) In 2016, the information was amended by interlineation to include counts for voluntary manslaughter (§ 192, subd. (a)) and kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)), and Trujillo pled no contest to those counts. As to the voluntary manslaughter, he admitted that a principal was armed with a firearm. (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1).) As to the kidnapping, he admitted that he inflicted great bodily injury. (§ 12022.7, subd. (a).) Trujillo also admitted four prior prison terms. (Former § 667.5, subd. (b).) The trial court sentenced Trujillo to serve an aggregate term of 20 years 8 months in prison. The sentence consisted of the upper term of 11 years for the voluntary manslaughter, plus one year for the firearm enhancement and four years for the former section 667.5, subdivision (b) prior prison term enhancements. For the kidnapping, Trujillo received 20 months (one-third the middle term), plus three years for the great bodily 1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 injury enhancement as specifically agreed. The court dismissed the murder charge. In November 2023, Trujillo filed a motion for resentencing under section 1172.75. Trujillo asked the trial court to strike the prior prison term enhancements; resentence him to the low term on the voluntary manslaughter pursuant to section 1170, subdivision (b)(6); and strike the great bodily injury enhancement as to the kidnapping. Trujillo argued that his sentence should be reduced because of trauma he suffered due to his mother’s alcoholism and the sexual assault of his sister, his history of substance abuse, and his positive programming while incarcerated. In December 2023, the trial court granted the motion for resentencing in part by striking the four, one-year prior prison term enhancements (former § 667.5, subd. (b)). On May 20, 2024, the trial court conducted a full resentencing. The court declined to reduce