People v. Webb CA3

BACKGROUND

In June 2013, defendant Greg Lee Webb was living with his girlfriend. They got into an argument and he punched her in the face. She sustained a traumatic injury as a result of the assault. A complaint charged defendant with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1))1 and two counts of infliction of corporal injury on a cohabitant (§ 273.5, subd. (a)). As enhancements, the complaint also alleged defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury during domestic violence (§ 12022.7, subd. (e)), sustained a prior strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (c), (e)(1), 1192.7, subd. (a)), and four prior prison term enhancements (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Defendant entered a negotiated plea, whereby he pleaded no contest to one count of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant and admitted a prior strike conviction and serving a prior prison term, in exchange for a stipulated sentence of five years in prison with the remaining counts to be dismissed. The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of two years on the infliction of corporal injury, doubled pursuant to the strike enhancement with an additional consecutive one-year term for the prior prison…