Jones

People v. Jones

Good Law
115 Cal. Rptr. 3d 258·188 Cal. App. 4th 165
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 3, 2010C059440California7,182 words

Opinion

Opinion

NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.—

In exchange for a maximum prison term, defendant Christopher Allen Jones, Sr., pleaded no contest to several counts of criminal conduct and admitted a prior serious felony conviction and a prior prison term. To comply with the plea agreement and avoid the sentencing requirements of the "Three Strikes" law, the trial court struck the prior serious felony conviction and prior prison term. After doing so, the court sentenced defendant to the maximum term allowed by the plea agreement. It imposed consecutive sentences for two of the counts and concurrent sentences for the remaining counts.

On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the information in an affidavit supporting a search warrant was stale and therefore did not supply probable cause, (2) the court's imposition of consecutive and concurrent terms violated Penal Code section 654's prohibition on double punishment, and (3) he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel did not argue against consecutive sentencing. After briefing was completed, we invited the parties to submit supplemental briefs concerning (4) whether defendant is eligible for additional presentence custody…

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