People v. Taylor CA1/5

Filed 5/8/15 P. v. Taylor CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, A144160

v. (Solano County Super. Ct. No. FCR-300957)

DIONN NOVELL TAYLOR,

Defendant and Appellant. ___________________________________/

In September 2013, appellant Dionn Novell Taylor pled no contest to threatening a witness. (Pen. Code, § 140, subd. (a).) The court suspended imposition of sentence and placed Taylor on probation.1 In October 2014, the Solano County Probation Department (probation department) filed a request for a bench warrant alleging Taylor: (1) failed to report to the probation department “as requested” in August 2014; and (2) was arrested in September 2014…