People v. Wuco CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Due to the limited nature of the claim on appeal, we need not recite the facts of defendant’s crimes in any detail. It suffices to say, defendant was not allowed on the campus of Shasta College due to his alleged prior harassment of a student. When officers attempted to escort him off the property, he physically resisted. At least two officers sustained injuries including a fractured eye socket, a separated bicep, and a nasal fracture. Defendant was charged with three counts of assault on a peace officer with force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (c)); three counts of battery on an officer with injury (§ 245, subd. (c)(2)); four counts of resisting officers (§ 69); and one count of trespass and refusal to leave private property (§ 602, subd. (a)). The prosecution also alleged defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury on two officers (§ 12022.7) and suffered a prior strike conviction (§§ 1170.12; 667, subd. (a)(1); 667.5, subd. (b)). On November 8, 2019, defendant pleaded no contest to three counts of assault on a peace officer with force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (c)); admitted he…