People v. Broadway CA3

BACKGROUND

In June 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Broadway’s home. The search of his bedroom uncovered various amounts of methamphetamine,

1 heroin, cocaine, cocaine and fentanyl mixed, and hydrocodone-acetaminophen pills as well as drug paraphernalia, packaging, scales, and pay-owe sheets. Officers also found methamphetamine and a scale under the couch cushions in the living room. In August 2022, the People charged Broadway in Butte County case No. 22CF04132 with four drug-related charges: count 1 for maintaining a place for selling or using a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11366); count 2 for possession of methamphetamine for sale (§ 11378); count 3 for possession and purchase of cocaine and fentanyl for sale (§ 11351); and count 4 for possession and purchase of heroin for sale (§ 11351).1 For each count, the complaint alleged that he had suffered a prior strike for a 1994 first degree burglary conviction and was therefore subject to sentencing under California’s Three Strikes law. (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12.) Broadway was released on bail. In October 2022, law enforcement officers searched a hotel room that Broadway…