People v. Shelton CA2/1

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

On September 11, 2014, Shelton pleaded no contest to (counts 1 and 2) possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1)), (count 3) possession of ammunition by a person prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1)), and (count 4) unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle. (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a).) Shelton also admitted that he had suffered five prior convictions for felonies to which one-year enhancements under section 667.5, subdivision (b) applied. The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of 10 years in prison, but suspended the execution of the sentence pending the completion of probation. The sentence consisted of the high term of three years for count 1, plus consecutive terms of eight months, or one-third the middle term, for each of counts 2, 3, and 4. In addition, the court imposed five 1-year enhancements under section 667.5, subdivision (b) to be served consecutively. The court placed Shelton on five years of formal felony probation and ordered him to serve 180 days in county jail. On February 15, 2019, Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s deputies searched a car Shelton was traveling in and discovered a…