People v. Woodward CA3

BACKGROUND

After a traffic stop of a car in which defendant was a passenger, law enforcement officials found heroin, methamphetamine, baggies, and a scale. Defendant was charged with possessing methamphetamine for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378), possessing heroin for sale (id., § 11351), and three misdemeanors for possessing cocaine, oxycodone, and methadone (id., § 11350, subd. (a)). It was also alleged he had served five prior prison terms. (former § 667.5, subd. (b).) On April 3, 2018, defendant pleaded no contest under a stipulated plea agreement to the two possessing-for-sale counts and admitted all five prior prison term allegations. The trial court dismissed the remaining misdemeanor counts. The trial court sentenced defendant the same day to a stipulated sentence of eight years eight months in county jail (§ 1170, subd. (h)), comprised of three years for the heroin count, eight months for the methamphetamine count, and five years total for the five prior prison terms. The trial court imposed but suspended the execution of the sentence for five years and placed defendant on adult drug court probation. On April 8, 2020, the trial court found defendant violated…