People v. Lopez CA6

FACTS

The parties entered into a negotiated disposition of these cases before the preliminary hearing. Although the court ordered a “waived referral” report from the probation department, there is no probation report in the record. We therefore have no information regarding the underlying facts that led to the charges in this case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Case No. C1475081: the Drug Case

In January 2014, the prosecution filed a felony complaint (case No. C1475081) charging defendant with three counts of selling methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a), a felony). The complaint alleged the sales occurred on December 18, 2013, December 27, 2013, and January 8, 2014. We will sometimes refer to this case as the “drug case.”

Case No. C1478815: the Receiving Stolen Property Case

In March 2014, the prosecution filed a second felony complaint (case No. C1478815) charging defendant with: (1) one count of possessing an altered and fictitious check (Pen. Code, § 476, a felony, count 1); (2) one count of check forgery (Pen. Code, § 470, subd. (d), a felony, count 2); and (3) one count of receiving stolen property (a checkbook) (Pen. Code, § 496, subd. (a), a felony, count 3).…