People v. Taylor CA2/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

As the facts of the underlying crime are not necessary for our resolution of this appeal, we summarize them only briefly. In August 2016, Taylor and two other men beat a fellow inmate in a correctional facility. The threesome hit the victim repeatedly with their fists while the victim lay on the ground in a fetal position with his hands covering his face and his knees tucked up into his chest. The People charged all three perpetrators with assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. The People alleged Taylor had two prior strikes and three prison priors. On December 14, 2017, Taylor entered into a plea agreement with the People. Taylor pleaded no contest to the charge. The People moved to strike both strikes as well as the prison priors and the court granted that motion. The court sentenced Taylor to the agreed-upon sentence of the midterm of three years in the state prison. The court suspended execution of the sentence and placed Taylor on three years of formal felony

2 probation1 on the conditions he serve 365 days in the county jail, stay away from the victim, obey all laws, and otherwise comply with standard probationary…