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Criminal

Mar. 11, 2021

Man who carjacked 40 minutes after no-bail release gets 5 years

The Bay Area case drew national attention because of the brazen attack and because it took center stage in a contentious public safety debate around the California Judicial Council’s statewide zero bail schedule.

A Bay Area man who committed a violent carjack less than an hour after he was released from jail under a statewide zero bail schedule has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.

Rocky Lee Music, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking Tuesday as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. He was initially facing up to 15 years in prison for the Aug. 19, 2020 attack but received the lesser sentence as part of the dea...

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