People v. Cobb CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Defendant stipulated to the probation report and the police reports as the factual basis for his plea. The probation report summarizes the facts from the police reports. In September 2020, a Butte County Sheriff’s deputy went to the location of a reported verbal dispute between a man and a woman at a residence. Defendant, a convicted felon, was standing near a car in front of the residence and the deputy found a loaded rifle on the car’s fender. A search of defendant revealed a glass smoking pipe and a plastic bag containing .82 grams of methamphetamine. Defendant denied knowing the rifle was present and claimed his father must have left it there. At the time, defendant was on probation in a prior misdemeanor matter (case No. 16CM01181). Defendant was charged in July 2021 in case No. 20CF04701 with possession of a firearm by a felon (Pen. Code, § 29800, subd. (a)(1), count 1; statutory section citations that follow are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated); misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a), count 2); and misdemeanor possession of a smoking device (Health & Saf. Code, § 11364, subd.…