People v. Walden CA1/5

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant was discovered by Walmart loss prevention officers to be “under scanning” items at check out (scanning items for lower prices) and putting them in a backpack without paying for them. When confronted, he initially gave a false name and then fled from officers when they tried to place him in a police car. Appellant was charged with both felony and misdemeanor counts in case no. 20CR000400 and on November 19, 2020, he pled no contest to two misdemeanor counts of obstructing or resisting an executive officer and one

1 misdemeanor count of petty theft. (Pen. Code, §§ 69, 484, subd. (a).)1 He was placed on formal probation for one year conditioned upon his serving 45 days in local custody. On December 1, 2020, the district attorney filed a petition for revocation of appellant’s probation based on violations of section 236 and 243, subdivision (e) (false imprisonment and domestic violence battery), which were separately charged in case no. 20CR002691. He pled no contest to misdemeanor domestic violence battery in that case and admitted the probation violation in the instant matter. Appellant was placed on probation in case no. 20CR002691, and…