People v. Scott CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

According to evidence presented at the preliminary hearing, Napa County sheriff’s deputies arrested Scott in June 2023 in American Canyon after he was seen in the driver’s seat of a car reported stolen earlier that day. The probation report described a “high-risk stop” leading up to the arrest, as

1 Scott reportedly reversed the stolen vehicle into a patrol vehicle, and Scott remained in the vehicle for around 16 minutes instead of following directions to exit. Deputies found stolen items and two used methamphetamine pipes in the car, and a search of Scott also revealed a meth pipe. Scott was charged with felony unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)), receiving stolen property (a motor vehicle, Pen. Code, § 496d, subd. (a)),1 and other counts. The information also alleged that Scott had suffered a strike prior, a 2016 mayhem conviction (§ 203), under the three strikes law (§§ 667, subd. (b)–(i), 1170.12). He later pleaded no contest to one felony count of receiving a stolen vehicle (§ 496d, subd. (a)) and one misdemeanor count of resisting or delaying a peace officer (§ 148, subd. (a)(1)), and he admitted…