People v. Wright CA3

BACKGROUND

The People charged defendant with 19 felony counts: (1) willfully inflicting corporal injury upon girlfriend S.L., resulting in a traumatic condition upon her (count 1- §273.5, subd. (a)); (2) grand theft of a firearm (count 2 - § 487, subd. (d)(2)); (3) assault with a semiautomatic firearm against S.L. and J.J. (counts 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, and 18 - § 245, subd. (b)); (4) criminal threats against S.L. and J.J. (counts 4, 8, 14, and 17 - § 422, subd. (a)); (5) possession of a firearm by a felon (counts 5, 12, and 15 - § 29800, subd. (a)(1)); (6) kidnapping of S.L. (count 9 - § 207, subd. (a)); (7) sodomy by use of force against S.L. (count 11 - § 286, subd. (c)(2)); (8) false imprisonment by violence against J.J. (count 16 - § 236); and (9) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm against J.J. (count 19 - § 245, subd. (a)(1)). Of relevance here, it was alleged that defendant was armed with a firearm in the commission of the count 9 felony offense within the meaning of section 12022, subdivision (a)(1). Defendant pleaded no contest to count 3 (assault with a semiautomatic firearm against S.L.), count 9 (kidnapping of S.L.), and count 19 (assault with a deadly weapon…