People v. Ruelas CA6

Background Defendant was originally charged on April 30, 2013 with four felonies: assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4), count1); dissuading a witness by force or threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(l), count 2); inflicting corporal injury on spouse or cohabitant, A.R. (§ 273.5, subd. (a), count 3); and knowingly violating a protective order and stay-away order (§ 166, subd. (c)(4), count 4). Attached to count 3 was a special allegation that defendant had suffered a prior conviction of violating former

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. section 273.5, subdivision (e)(1). Count 4 included an allegation that defendant had been convicted of violating section 166, subdivision (c)(l) or section 273.6, subdivision (a), within seven years of the current offense. On May 7, 2013, pursuant to a negotiated disposition, appellant pleaded no contest to counts 3 and 4, admitted the prior section 273.5 conviction, and admitted at least three prior convictions under section 166. On June 6, 2013, the court suspended imposition of sentence and placed appellant on formal probation for three years on specified…