People v. Powell CA4/2

BACKGROUND

On June 28, 2019, the trial court sentenced defendant in the three cases that are the

subjects of this appeal.2

1. The June 2019 Judgments

In case No. SWF1807588, the court imposed a total prison term of 16 years

eight months for a variety of offenses charged in connection with a domestic

violence incident, including a one-year term for each of four 667.5, subdivision (b)

(section 667.5(b)) prison priors.

1 All subsequent statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 The cases are trial court case Nos. INF1701496, SWF1807350, and SWF1807588. A fourth case was also before the court on that day, case No. RIF1800109. In that case, the court sentenced defendant to two years, found defendant had sufficient credits to satisfy that term, and closed that case. For ease of reference, we will refer to the three cases by their trial court case numbers.

2 In case No. SWF1807350, defendant had been placed on probation in August 2018

after he pled guilty to charges relating to a domestic violence incident (inflicting corporal

injury resulting in a traumatic condition in violation of § 273.5, subd. (f)(1)) and

vandalism (§ 594, subd. (a))…