People v. Aguilar CA3

I. BACKGROUND

On February 21, 2024, in case No. 24CF00166, defendant pled no contest to driving with 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content within 10 years of three other driving under the influence offenses (Veh. Code, § 23152, subd. (b)) and driving when his privilege was revoked due to a driving under the influence conviction (id., § 14601.2,

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 subd. (a)). Defendant waived his right to a jury trial on aggravating circumstances. The trial court placed defendant on probation. In case No. 24CF04433, the People alleged that defendant committed the offenses of inflicting corporal injury on a domestic partner (§ 273.5, subd. (a)) and cruelty to a child by endangering health (§ 273a, subd. (b)). Defendant was arrested on October 24, 2024. On November 6, 2024, defendant pled guilty to the domestic violence charge in case No. 24CF04433 and admitted he violated probation in case No. 24CF00166 by committing the domestic violence offense. Defendant waived his right to a jury trial on aggravating circumstances. On December 11, 2024, the trial court sentenced defendant to: (1) the upper term of four years for the domestic violence…