People v. Sanders CA1/2

BACKGROUND

After defendant was convicted of the subject crimes, the court placed him on probation for 48 months, with one condition being his completion of a residential drug rehabilitation program. On February 10, 2015, the Sonoma County Department of Health Services reported to the court that defendant, having “admitted to having a substance use disorder and . . . express[ing] a desire for rehabilitation,” was accepted for participation in the Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC) program and placed on a wait list to begin a six-month residential treatment program. On June 8, 2015, he was released from custody and transported to TASC to begin this program. However, on June 26, 2015, he left TASC prior to completing the program and without approval. The court revoked his probation and issued a warrant for his arrest. Defendant was arrested on July 16, 2015, apparently when he turned himself in at the local jail. At an August 27, 2015 probation revocation hearing, defendant told the court he left TASC to take his mother to the hospital, and that he turned himself in the day after she got out of the hospital. He said he tried to convince TASC to let him go, but “it…