People v. Wright CA3

BACKGROUND

In 2000, Wright pled guilty in Tehama County Superior Court case No. NCR51795 (the assault case) to violating section 245, former subdivision (a)(1), committing an assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm or by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. (§ 245, former subd. (a)(1), as amended by Stats. 1993, ch. 369, § 1.) The trial court sentenced Wright to the lower term of two years in prison, suspended execution of the sentence, and placed him on probation for three years. Wright’s probation agreement required, among other things, that he obey all laws and “abstain absolutely from the use and possession of alcohol.” In 2001, Wright was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Based on this conviction, the trial court found Wright violated the terms of his probation in the assault case, terminated probation, and executed the two-year prison sentence. In 2006, Wright pled guilty in Tehama County Superior Court case No. NCR68335 (the firearm possession case) to violating former section 12021, subdivision (a)(1), possessing a firearm having been convicted of a felony. (Former § 12021, subd. (a)(1), as amended by Stats. 2004, ch. 593,…