People v. Peoples CA6

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In superior court case number SS090914A, a complaint charged defendant Timothy Peoples with two counts of assault by a life prisoner by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 4500),1 two counts of attempted murder of a custodial officer (§§ 664, subd. (e)/187), and two counts of criminal threats (§ 422), with an allegation of four prior strike convictions (§ 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)). In superior court case number SS111396A, a complaint charged defendant with two counts of battery by an inmate on a non-prisoner (§ 4501.5) and one count of battery upon a prison officer by an inmate (§ 4501.1), with an allegation of four prior strike convictions (§ 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)).

1 Subsequent unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code. On May 2, 2012, the trial court ordered the two cases to be consolidated. It designated case number SS111396A as the lead case number. A consolidated information, filed on August 6, 2012, charged defendant with two counts of assault by a life prisoner by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 4500; counts 1 and 2), two counts of attempted murder of a custodial officer (§§ 664, subd.…