People v. Courts CA3

Filed 7/15/22 P. v. Courts CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Siskiyou) ---- THE PEOPLE, C094638

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. SCCRCRF20201577)

v.

JEFFERSON ERNEST COURTS,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Jefferson Ernest Courts was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. At trial, the prosecution developed an alternative factual theory of guilt on the ammunition offense that was not shown by evidence presented at the preliminary hearing, and that was supported by the testimony of a prosecution witness who did not testify at the preliminary hearing. After a jury found defendant guilty of both offenses, the trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of seven…