People v. Anderson CA5

INTRODUCTION

In April 2017, defendant Scott Warren Anderson pled guilty to a number of allegations brought against him in separate actions as follows: three separate counts of corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant (Pen. Code,1 § 273.5), admitting he caused great bodily injury under circumstances involving domestic violence while committing one of these counts (§ 12022.7) and committing another corporal injury count while he was released on bail (§ 12022.1); four felony counts of identity theft (§ 530.5); a count of felony vandalism in an amount exceeding $400 (§ 594, subd. (b)); a misdemeanor violation of a court order (§ 166, subd. (a)(4)); and a misdemeanor count of being in possession of methamphetamines (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377). Defendant further admitted that he had previously been convicted of a serious violent felony (§ 667, subds. (b)–(j)), and that he served a prior prison term for yet another prior conviction (§ 667.5). Pursuant to the plea agreement, defendant was sentenced to a total term of 20 years eight months, which included the doubling of some terms due to a prior strike conviction. In April 2023, an order was entered initiating a process to resentence…