People v. Canterbury CA3

BACKGROUND

In February 2024, law enforcement responded to a report of a “suspicious vehicle.” Law enforcement found Canterbury inside the vehicle; dispatch advised them

1 he was required to register as a sex offender and his registration was out of compliance. Canterbury was arrested and booked in the county jail. The People subsequently charged Canterbury with failure to update his sex offender registration annually (Pen. Code, § 290.01, subd. (a)). In March 2024, Canterbury pleaded no contest to the charge. Following its investigation, the probation department recommended the trial court sentence Canterbury to the upper term of three years in state prison. At sentencing, Canterbury asked to be placed on probation or, alternatively, to be sentenced to the lower term. The trial court found Canterbury was ineligible for probation absent unusual circumstances, which were not present. The court also indicated that even if Canterbury were not presumptively ineligible for probation, the court would not grant probation because Canterbury’s prior performance on probation was “unsuccessful.” The court listed numerous aggravating factors and identified a single mitigating factor:…