INMATE IS GIVEN 85 YEARS IN PRISON.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER - A prison inmate convicted of strangling his cellmate cell·mate n. A person with whom one shares a cell, especially in a prison. was sentenced Thursday to 85 years to life in prison. Frank Perez, 31, was already serving a 12-year sentence for carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger when he was accused of killing 27-year-old Eddie Arraiga in September 2004 in the California State Prison-Los Angeles County cell they shared. ``The sentence will be consecutive to any sentence he's currently serving,'' Deputy District Attorney Fred Mesropi said. Perez's term of 25 years to life for murdering Arraiga was multiplied by three - 75 years to life - because it was his third serious offense counted under California's ``three strikes, you're out'' law. Then 10 more years were added because of two prior convictions, Mesropi said. The jury that convicted Perez in March of murdering Arraiga couldn't reach a decision on whether, seven months after that slaying, he attempted to murder a guard. Authorities said Perez, in April 2005, tried to shove the guard over the railing of a second-floor walkway walkway Rehabilitation medicine An instrument used to measure the timing of foot contact and or position of the foot on the ground with a drop of 12 to 15 feet. The jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of guilty on the attempted-murder charge, officials said. Perez admitted killing Arraiga, officials said, but gave differing explanations. He has said he was ordered to kill Arraiga for the Mexican Mafia The "Mexican Mafia" (MM) or "La eMe" (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. History It was formed in the late 1950s by Chicano street gang members incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution, a youthful offender facility located in and, alternately, that the victim had poor hygiene, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. officials. Arraiga, who was strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. to death with a bed sheet, had been serving a five-year sentence for second-degree robbery and was scheduled to be released in July 2004, prison officials said. Perez and Arraiga were in the prison's administrative segregation administrative segregation n. Solitary confinement. unit. Officials said inmates are kept there for reasons including disciplinary problems or danger in the general prison population. Both men were undergoing psychological treatment. Arraiga was put in administrative segregation after he destroyed another inmate's television set, prison officials said. Prison officials didn't say why Perez was in the segregation unit. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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