People v. Jones CA3

I. BACKGROUND

In June 2022, in case No. CRF21-1356, defendant pled no contest, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, to forcible rape and false imprisonment by violence and

1 admitted he had previously been convicted of a serious felony. The terms of the plea agreement specified that a sentencing hearing would be held one year later and, in the meantime, defendant would be released subject to the following conditions: (1) comply with the criminal protective order requiring him to stay away from the victim; (2) obey all laws; (3) abstain from alcohol and avoid places where alcohol is the chief item of sale; (4) submit to searches for alcohol; and (5) attend a 52-week batterers program. If defendant complied with the terms of the plea agreement, the court would dismiss the rape conviction and two other charges, would strike the prior serious felony conviction, and would place defendant on probation for three years. If defendant failed to comply, he would be sentenced to at least the lower term prison sentence for each offense, for a total aggregate prison sentence of at least seven years four months. In December 2023, again pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, defendant…