Bradley
People v. Bradley
Opinion
Opinion
Certified for Partial Publication [*]
TURNER, Presiding Justice.
Defendant, Larry Venorrise Bradley, appeals from his convictions for forgery (Pen. Code, [1] § 470) and possession of a completed check with the intent to defraud. (§ 475a.) He was also found to have served four prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and to have previously been convicted of four serious felonies. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d).) In the published portion of the opinion, we discuss whether the trial judge had a duty to impose or strike an additional prior prison term enhancement. We affirm in part and reverse in part with directions.
The Attorney General argues that the trial court erred in failing to impose a one-year prior prison term enhancement pursuant to section 667.5, subdivision (b), with respect to the defendant's prior prison term in People v. Bradley (Super.Ct. L.A. County, No. A588238). At the time of sentencing the trial court orally imposed three of the four prior prison term enhancements found to be true by the jury. However, the trial judge never indicated her disposition as to the prior prison term served beginning in 1981 in People v. Bradley (Super.Ct. L.A.…