People v. Keukelaar CA3

BACKGROUND

In 2023, Keukelaar was convicted of driving under the influence (Veh. Code, § 23152, subd. (a)) and bribing an executive officer (Pen. Code, § 67) in case No. 49-01. In June 2023, the Los Angeles County Superior Court sentenced Keukelaar to an aggregate term of four years in state prison for those convictions. In October 2023, in Butte County Superior Court, the People charged Keukelaar in case No. 616 with assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) and misdemeanor battery (§ 242). Keukelaar pleaded no contest to the amended charge of assault by means likely to result in great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)). As part of his negotiated plea agreement, Keukelaar stipulated to the upper term and agreed he would serve his sentences in case Nos. 49-01 and 616 consecutively. On November 15, 2023, the Butte County Superior Court sentenced Keukelaar in case No. 616 and resentenced him in case No. 49-01. The court resentenced Keukelaar to four years in case No. 49-01 and ordered him to serve a consecutive one-year term (one- third the middle term) in case No. 616, for an aggregate term of five years. The court awarded Keukelaar a total of 512 days of custody credit…