Sentences of 16, 15 and 6 plus years for three defendants in home invasion robbery

With jurors assembled downstairs and the prosecutor announcing ready for trial, three robbers who attempted to steal marijuana and money in November of last year decided to throw in the towel and plead guilty Monday morning in the Mendocino County Superior Court.



D'wan Raysean Porter-Walker, age 20, of Oakland (pictured on the left in the photo), plead guilty to attempted robbery in the 1st degree in concert with others, (commonly referred to as a home invasion robbery) and burglary in the first degree while one or more persons were home. He also admitted personally using a firearm in the commission of the attempted robbery. Defendant Porter-Walker will be sentenced to 16 years in the state prison on April 20, 2018.

Johnny Lee Walker III, age 40, of Oakland (pictured on the right in the photo), plead guilty to attempted robbery in the 1st degree in concert with others and burglary in the first degree while one or more persons were home. He also admitted a prior Strike conviction for robbery in the first degree suffered in the Alameda County Superior Court in 2006. He also admitted a "nickel" prior for robbery in the 2nd degree in the Alameda County Superior Court in 1997. Defendant Walker will be sentenced to state prison for 15 years, 4 months also on April 20th. The April 20th sentencing hearings will be held at 9 o'clock in the morning in Department H at the Ukiah courthouse.

James Jesse Richardson, age 49, of Discovery Bay (pictured in the middle in the photo), plead guilty to attempted robbery in the 1st degree in concert with others. He admitted that one of the group of robbers (Porter-Walker) was armed with a firearm during the commission of the attempted robbery. He also admitted having served a prior state prison term in 2015 out of the San Joaquin County Superior Court. Defendant Richardson will be sentenced to six years, 6 months in state prison on May 23rd at 9 o'clock in the morning in Department H at the Ukiah courthouse.

The trial attorney who was to present the People's evidence to the jury and, instead, negotiated today's plea and sentence bargains was District Attorney David Eyster. The investigating law enforcement agencies were the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, the Cahto Rancheria Tribal Police Department, the Willits Police Department, CalFire Law Enforcement, the California Highway Patrol, and the District Attorney's own investigators. The judge who was to preside over the jury trial and now will be the sentencing judge is Mendocino County Superior Court Judge John Behnke.