People v. Williams CA6

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

A. Defendant’s Strike Convictions In June 1990, defendant and two friends repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl. Defendant was 18 years old at the time and raped the victim twice. A jury convicted defendant of two counts of rape and the trial court imposed a seven-year state prison sentence. B. Subsequent Criminal Activity In February 1991, defendant—while out on bail in the rape case—committed felony violations of Health & Safety Code sections 11351.5 (possession for sale of cocaine base) and 11352, subdivision (a) (transportation of cocaine). He pleaded guilty to those offenses and was sentenced to three years four months in state prison consecutive to the seven-year sentence for the rapes. Defendant was paroled on October 1, 1996. Approximately one year later, on October 9, 1997, defendant was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender (Pen. Code, § 290, subd. (g)(2)). 1 He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 32 months in state prison. Defendant was paroled on September 14, 1999. Approximately one year later, on September 27, 2000, defendant violated parole. The facts of that violation are unknown. Defendant was paroled on February…