Brannon-Thompson

BACKGROUND

A. March 2015 – April 2017 In March 2015, in Butte County Superior Court, case No. CM042677 (case No. 677), the People charged defendant with burglary (§ 459), receiving a stolen vehicle (§ 496d, subd. (a)), vehicle theft (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)), and possessing methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377). Defendant pleaded no contest to second degree burglary and felony vehicle theft. In exchange for his plea, the People moved to dismiss the remaining charges. At sentencing, the trial court (the Hon. Tamara Mosbarger) found a factual basis for the plea. Consistent with the terms of the plea agreement, the trial court dismissed the remaining charges, suspended imposition of sentence, and placed defendant on three years’ probation in case No. 677 and reinstated his probation in case Butte County Superior Court case No. CM042151 (case No. 151). The court terminated defendant’s probation in Butte County Superior Court case No. SCR100383 (case No. 383). The court also addressed defendant directly: “[THE COURT:] Sir, if you come back here on a violation of probation, I’m not going to be happy with you. We are not just going to be talking about reinstating…