People v. Collier CA1/4

BACKGROUND

Between May 2016 and January 2019, Collier was charged in eight cases in Solano County with committing various felonies. The prosecution alleged Collier had one or more prior strike convictions under Penal Code sections 667, subdivision (d) and 1170.12, subdivision (b).2 In March 2019, Collier filed a Romero request in all eight cases, asking the court to dismiss the prior strike convictions under Penal Code section 1385. A few days later, Collier pleaded no contest to the charges in all eight cases. The trial court suspended imposition of sentence and placed Collier on formal probation for five years. In February 2021, Collier was sentenced in federal court following a guilty plea to possession of stolen mail. In May 2022, Napa County Superior Court sentenced Collier in five cases involving conduct between February and July 2020. (People v. Collier (Jan. 3, 2024, A165532) [nonpub. opn.].) The Napa County sentence consisted of the upper term of three years in prison on one case, doubled to six years because of a prior strike conviction, and concurrent sentences of the low term of 16 months, doubled to 32 months because of the prior strike, in the

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