People v. Lightle CA3

BACKGROUND

Case No. MCYKCRF 14-0012 (The Drug Possession Case) On December 30, 2013, Yreka police arrested defendant on a warrant while he was loitering outside a Walmart. He was searched and found to possess 10 small plastic bindles of methamphetamine. He was charged with possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); count 1) and felony failure to appear (§ 1320.5; count 2), as well as a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Case No. MCYKCRF 14-0471 (The Assault Case) Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Deputy Nowdesha was on duty at department headquarters in Yreka on September 7, 2013. He heard a car pull into the parking lot. Nowdesha went outside and saw (witness) Charles McLeran get out of the car on the driver’s side. He saw another man, later identified as (victim) Malcolm Strickland, seated and bleeding in the passenger seat. Strickland told Nowdesha that he had been jumped by two men and stabbed by one. Nowdesha saw multiple stab wounds on Strickland’s arm and back. Yreka Police Department Officers Fahrney and Duncan arrived at the scene, and then waited with Strickland for emergency medical personnel to arrive. While they were waiting, Strickland told…