People v. Fields CA5

FACTS

Case No. No. F09905868 On October 12, 2009, Fresno police officers observed Fields and another man as they appeared to be handing something back and forth to each other. The officers contacted Fields and found .08 grams of cocaine base on him. On October 14, 2009, the district attorney filed a complaint charging Fields with possession of cocaine base (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350, subd. (a)), a prior prison term enhancement (§ 667.5, subd. (b)), and having a prior conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law (§ 667, subds. (b)-(e)). On November 16, 2009, Fields pled guilty to possession of cocaine base and admitted the enhancement and prior conviction allegations. On December 21, 2009, the court struck Fields’s prior strike conviction and sentenced him to an aggregate four-year term, the upper term of three years on Field’s possession conviction and a one-year prior prison term enhancement. The court then suspended execution of sentence and placed Fields on probation for three years. Case No. No. F11903982 In May through July 2011, Jane Doe lived on and off with Fields in an apartment in Fresno. On the evening of July 2, 2012, she and Fields argued because Fields…