People v. Mangrobang CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. Counts 1 through

On January 10, 2012, a Riverside County deputy sheriff pulled defendant over in

his vehicle for having expired license tags. Because defendant exhibited symptoms of

nervousness, sweating, and slow-reacting pupils, the deputy arrested him and had him

provide a urine sample for drug testing. The sample came back positive for

methamphetamine. A search of defendant’s vehicle turned up a high capacity nine-

millimeter handgun magazine, a small amount of methamphetamine, a glass smoking

pipe, and some credit cards that were traced back to a theft from 2011.

2 2. Count

On November 9, 2012, a sheriff’s deputy arrested defendant and a search showed

he had two baggies of methamphetamine in his right front pants pocket. The

methamphetamine was tested and found to weigh 0.42 grams.

On July 12, 2013, the People filed an amended information charging defendant

with being a felon in possession of ammunition (Pen. Code, § 30305, subd. (a); count 1),

receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496, subd. (a); count 2), possession of a

controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); count 3), misdemeanor

being under the…