People v. Sanders CA4/2

BACKGROUND

In June 2022, the People filed a felony complaint alleging that Sanders committed

one count of a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14. (§ 288,

subd. (a).) The People also alleged 18 circumstances in aggravation. Sanders pled no

contest, and the trial court suspended the imposition of his sentence, placed him on felony

probation for a period of three years following a 364-day term of confinement in county

jail, ordered that he register pursuant to section 290, and issued a 10-year stay-away

order. The court asked Sanders whether he understood and accepted the terms and

conditions of his probation, and Sanders responded, “Yes, sir.”

In March 2024, the People filed a petition to revoke Sanders’s probation, alleging

that he violated the following terms and conditions: (1) “Cooperate with the [p]robation

[o]fficer and follow all reasonable directives of the probation officer”; (2) “[n]ot own,

use, or possess any form of sexually explicit movie videos, material, or devices unless

recommended by a therapist and approved by the probation officer. Do not frequent any

establishments where such items are the primary item viewed or sold at…