Becerra

*181 I. INTRODUCTION

In 2016, in case No. SS160525A, defendant Sotero Genaro Becerra pleaded no contest to driving or taking a vehicle without the owner's consent ( Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a) ) and admitted having suffered a prior conviction for the same offense ( Pen. Code, § 666.5, subd. (a) ). 1 The trial court sentenced defendant to jail, suspended execution, and placed defendant on mandatory supervision (see § 1170, subd. (h)(5) ).

In 2018, in case No. 17CR005972, defendant pleaded no contest to driving or taking a vehicle without the owner's consent ( Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a) ) and misdemeanor resisting an officer (§ 148, subd. (a)(1) ). He also admitted that he had suffered a prior conviction for the same Vehicle Code offense ( § 666.5, subd. (a) ), and that he had *182 served a prior term within the meaning of section 667.5, subdivision (b). Defendant was found in violation of his mandatory supervision in the earlier case.

At a combined sentencing hearing, the trial court revoked and terminated mandatory supervision in the earlier case. In the later case, the court sentenced defendant to five years, which consisted of two years in jail and three years on…