People v. Gower CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

A trial court found defendant and appellant Robert Gower in violation of the terms

of his parole. Defendant filed a timely appeal. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant was convicted of a violation of Penal Code section 290.018,

subdivision (b) (failure to register). He was released on parole after serving one year nine

months of a two-year eight-month sentence. He was given a document entitled notice

and conditions of parole, which he signed in the presence of his parole agent, Agent Q.,

on July 20, 2020. The conditions required defendant to report to his parole agent on the

first working day following his release from custody. Defendant was also given, and he

signed, a document entitled special conditions of parole. One of the conditions required

him to have continuous global positioning system (GPS) monitoring, with a GPS unit

affixed to his person when he reported after being released from custody.

A petition for revocation of parole was filed on August 13, 2021, alleging that

defendant was released from the Riverside County Jail on August 5, 2021, after serving a

revocation period for parole violations. He was given instructions…