People v. Butler

BACKGROUND

While Butler was on probation, deputies in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department went to his residence to arrest him pursuant to a no bail arrest warrant for absconding. There, they found 88 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition and 50 rounds of .38- caliber ammunition. Subsequently, Butler was charged in a felony complaint with unlawful possession of ammunition and having two prior prison terms. The information charged the same. On November 6, 2017, Butler pleaded no contest to the charge of unlawfully possessing the ammunition (Pen. Code, § 30305, subd. (a)(1)),1 and admitted to having two prior prison terms within the meaning of section 667.5, subdivision (b). Butler agreed to a five-year state prison sentence, consisting of the “upper term” of three years as to the ammunition charge, plus two consecutive one-year prison priors, with the prison sentence suspended and Butler placed on five years of felony probation. The trial court sentenced Butler in accordance with the plea agreement. Butler violated the terms and conditions of his probation on several occasions. Consequently, the trial court summarily revoked Butler’s probation on February 6, 2020. On January 1,…