People v. Ramos CA4/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE1

On February 22, 2019, an amended information charged defendant and appellant

William Eugene Ramos with one count of vandalism under Penal Code2 section 594,

subdivision (a). The information also alleged that defendant had one prior strike

conviction under sections 1170.12, subdivision (c)(1), and 667, subdivisions (c) and

(e)(1), and had suffered four prior prison terms under section 667.5, subdivision (b).3

On March 5, 2019, defendant pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity

(NGI). Thereafter, on June 28, 2019, defendant withdrew his not guilty plea and entered

only his NGI plea. On the same day defendant agreed to have a bench trial on sanity and

both sides submitted on the doctors’ reports. The trial court found defendant NGI.

On August 9, 2019, the trial court held a placement recommendation hearing

under section 1026. The trial court committed defendant to a maximum confinement

term of 10 years, which included the high term of three years for the vandalism count,

doubled for the prior strike conviction, and four one-year terms for the prior prison terms.

Defendant filed a notice of appeal following our order granting his…