People v. Hughes CA5

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On September 10, 2019, the Fresno County District Attorney charged appellant Devin Ronell Hughes with one count of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211). The charges included allegations of prior serious felony convictions and a prior strike from 1995. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), & 667, subd. (a).) On September 30, 2019, criminal proceedings were suspended for an evaluation to determine Hughes’s competency to stand trial. On October 28, 2019, Hughes was found not competent to stand trial. On December 16, 2019, Hughes was transferred to Metropolitan State Hospital for competency restoration and criminal proceedings remained suspended. His competency was restored and on October 14, 2020, the trial court found Hughes competent to stand trial and criminal proceedings were reinstated. On November 16, 2020, a first amended complaint was filed adding an allegation of a second prior strike conviction in 1998 from the State of Washington. On February 1, 2021, Hughes pleaded no contest to the robbery and admitted the two prior strike allegations. The court had previously indicated that it would strike the prior strike allegations with a…