People v. Porchia CA3

Filed 7/3/14 P. v. Porchia CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C068283

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 10F00517)

v.

LEROY PORCHIA,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Leroy Porchia appeals following a jury trial and conviction of possession of methamphetamine and marijuana in prison. (Pen. Code, § 4573.6.)1 Defendant complains the trial court (1) unnecessarily shackled him during the jury trial, (2) excluded defense evidence on prison staff as the source of the drugs, and (3) abused its discretion by declining to strike a prior conviction for purposes of three strikes sentencing (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12).

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the…