People v. Wilson CA2/1

BACKGROUND

In August 2024, by information, the Los Angeles County District Attorney charged Wilson with two counts of attempted second degree robbery. (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 664.) The People alleged as to both counts that Wilson had served a prior prison term and prior county jail term (id., § 1170, subd. (h); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(3)); that he had previously performed unsatisfactorily on probation (Cal. Rules of Court, rule

2 4.421(b)(5)); that in committing the charged offenses he engaged in violent conduct that indicated a serious danger to society (id., rule 4.421(b)(1)); and that he was on probation at the time of the charged offenses (id., rule 4.421(b)(4)). It was further alleged that he had been convicted of a strike offense.

A. Wilson attempted to steal products from a grocery store and struck two managers who intervened. We summarize the facts of Wilson’s offense as described in the probation report, which supplied the factual basis for his no- contest plea to count 1 (attempted second degree robbery against Kelly Lee Jacoby). On March 22, 2024, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a silent alarm call at a Stater Bros. grocery…