People v. Contreras CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. Contreras’s Convictions In November 2022, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office and Contreras agreed to a negotiated disposition of two criminal cases.

1 First, in case number 02003356417, Contreras entered a guilty plea to theft of copper material (Pen. Code,1 § 487j; count one) and a no contest plea to felony vandalism causing over $400 worth of damage (§ 594, subd. (a); count two). He also admitted he committed those offenses while released on his own recognizance in violation of section 12022.1. In the second case, number 02003337847, Contreras pleaded no contest to charges that on December 16, 2020, he fled a police officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly (Veh. Code, § 2800.2; count one), fled a police officer’s motor vehicle and drove against traffic (Veh. Code, § 2800.4; count two), drove or took a motor vehicle without consent (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a) [misstated as section 1351 in one part of the reporter’s transcript]; count three), received a stolen motor vehicle (§ 496d, subd. (a); count four), and was in possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377; count five). In both cases, Contreras also admitted as…