People v. Hicks CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

On June 14, 2020, while a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy was chasing a stolen vehicle in which Hicks was a passenger, Hicks threw two metal car

1 jacks into the deputy’s path.1 The deputy subsequently ended the pursuit. Later the same day, a Santa Rosa police officer initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Hicks. Hicks drove away at high speed, and the ensuing chase also ended before he could be caught. The following month, Hicks was located and arrested. For his actions as a passenger in the first vehicle, he was charged in case no. SCR-739439-1 with felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, throwing an object at a vehicle with intent to do great bodily injury, and accessory after the fact to evading a peace officer.2 For his actions as the driver of the second vehicle, he was charged in case no. SCR-739595-1 with a felony count of evading a peace officer.3 In both cases, a prior strike was alleged based on a 2012 robbery.4 Under a plea agreement, Hicks pled no contest to the assault count in case no. SCR-739439-1 and the evading count in case no. SCR-739595-1 and admitted the prior strike in both cases. In…