People v. Carl CA3

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant resolved four separate criminal cases by plea in May 2018. Under the plea agreement, defendant pled no contest to assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd (a)(1)) and possession of a deadly weapon by an inmate (§ 4502, subd. (a)) in one case (case No. CRF171200), and criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a)) in another (case No. CRF1800407). He also admitted on-bail enhancement allegations (§ 12022.1), and enhancements for a prior serious and violent felony conviction (§ 1170.12) and a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). In exchange for his plea, defendant received a stipulated sentence of 14 years four months in state prison, and the prosecution dismissed defendant’s remaining counts and other cases (case Nos. CRF171359 and CRF171480). The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregated stipulated term of 14 years four months in state prison in June 2018. The sentence included an upper term of four years for assault with a deadly weapon, doubled pursuant to the strike prior, and one year for the prior prison term. Defendant, acting in propria persona, filed a handwritten “motion to dismiss sentence enhancement and consecutive sentences” in April 2022. By…