People v. Bunge CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

A California Highway Patrol officer stopped defendant for driving a vehicle with no front license plate. While defendant looked for his license in the car, the officer saw a loaded, sawed off shotgun with an attached bandolier protruding from beneath an article of clothing. The bandolier was filled with several additional rounds of ammunition. Defendant got out of the vehicle and admitted that he owned everything in the vehicle, was on probation for possession of methamphetamine, and had methamphetamine in his pocket. The officer found a rock of methamphetamine in defendant’s pocket, as well as additional gun parts in the car. In January 2017, defendant pleaded no contest to possession of a controlled substance while armed with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of a deadly weapon. In April 2017, the trial court suspended imposition of his sentence and placed him on five years felony probation. In August 2020, at a contested probation violation hearing, the trial court found that on July 16, 2020, defendant violated the conditions of his probation by possessing methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377) and…