People v. Morrison CA5

FACTS

At approximately 10:55 a.m., on February 24, 2012, Bakersfield Police Officer Eric Littlefield, four other police officers and Probation Officers Crawford2 and Gregory Bittle arrived at a house (the house) in Kern County to conduct a “probation compliance search” of Rodger Stugard.3 Littlefield and the other officers parked “several residences” away from the house and as they walked toward it, Littlefield saw appellant and Stugard “exiting [the] yard of the [house] and getting into a vehicle.” Stugard began to drive off,

We use the term “strike,” in its noun form, as a synonym for “prior felony conviction” within the meaning of the “three strikes” law (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (b)- (i); 1170.12), i.e., a prior felony conviction or juvenile adjudication that subjects a defendant to the increased punishment specified in the three strikes law. Probation Officer Crawford’s first name does not appear in the appellate record. Except as otherwise indicated, our factual summary is taken from Officer Littlefield’s testimony.

2 at which point, Littlefield “ran up to the car” and “start[ed] banging on the back of the car,” “yelling ‘stop the car.’” The car…