People v. Charles CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

Michael Charles, a convicted sex offender, served 120 days in local custody in San Diego County for parole violations after he disabled his GPS monitoring device, absconded from parole supervision in Shasta County, and moved without permission to San Diego County. When he was released, he failed to comply with orders to report for supervision in Shasta County and instead went to a parole office in San Diego County. There, he refused the parole agent’s orders to put on a GPS monitoring device and return to Shasta County. Although he admitted at his parole revocation hearing that he did “refuse,” he asserts substantial evidence does not support the trial court’s finding that he willfully violated parole. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BAGKROUND

In 2015, Charles was convicted in Shasta County of arson (Pen. Code,1 § 451, subd. (c)), sexual battery (§ 243.4, subd. (a)), and rape of an intoxicated person (§ 261, subd. (a)(3)). In April 2019, after serving his sentence of four years in state prison, he was released on parole with supervision in Shasta County until December 2022. Because of his arson and rape convictions, he was required to register as an…