People v. Anderson CA1/5

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 12, 2014, appellant was arrested on an outstanding warrant while walking down a street in Clearlake. The backpack he was carrying contained a glass smoking pipe, a baggie of methamphetamine, and black aluminum knuckles. After appellant waived his right to a preliminary hearing, the Lake County District Attorney filed an information charging him with a felony count of possessing metal knuckles (§ 21810) and misdemeanor counts of possessing methamphetamine and possessing drug

1 Further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

1 paraphernalia (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11364, subd. (a)(1), 11377, subd. (a)). The information also alleged that appellant had suffered a prior serious and/or violent felony conviction within the meaning of the Three Strikes law (§ 1170.12) and had served two prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The Three Strikes allegation and one of the prison priors arose from appellant’s 2008 conviction for battery with serious bodily injury under section 243, subdivision (d). Appellant agreed to plead no contest to the felony count of possessing metal knuckles and to admit the prior prison…