People v. Taft

Filed 3/20/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B339775

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA083821) v.

BILLY ARTHUR TAFT, JR.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Emily J. Cole and Michelle deCasas, Judges. Affirmed as modified. Robert L.S. Angres, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Idan Ivri and Lauren N. Guber, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

__________________________ After the trial court terminated Billy Taft’s felony probation and imposed a previously suspended four-year state prison sentence, Taft appealed from the judgment, raising one issue: whether he is entitled to two additional days of presentence custody credit. While this appeal was pending, Taft notified the trial court that the custody credit had been miscalculated. Although the court agreed two more days of…