People v. Edwards CA3

BACKGROUND

In May 2013, defendant entered into a negotiated disposition of two cases. In case No. 11F02202, he pleaded guilty to second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211)1 and admitted allegations that he personally used a firearm (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)) and suffered a August 2000 strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12). In case No. 12F01546, defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1)) and admitted the prior strike. At the time of defendant’s pleas, the People set forth the factual basis as follows: On August 4, 2000, in Sacramento County, defendant had been convicted of attempted murder. (§§ 187, 664.) On March 8, 2011, in Sacramento County, defendant personally displayed a handgun in a menacing manner, threatened victim Baxter with that gun, and then took money and personal property from the person and immediate presence of Baxter. On February 29, 2012, in Sacramento County, defendant (a convicted felon) willfully and unlawfully possessed a Colt .45-caliber pistol, a firearm. The trial court denied defendant’s invitation to dismiss the strike and sentenced him to prison for 17 years four months, consisting of six…