People v. Nelsen CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

In September 2018, the People charged defendant with a single count of felony vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (b)(1))1 in Shasta County Superior Court case No. 18F6428 (case No. 428). In November 2018, defendant pleaded no contest to the vandalism charge as well as a misdemeanor charge for battery (§ 242) in Shasta County Superior Court case No. 18M6218 (case No. 218). Defendant also admitted violating his probation in four other cases by failing to report to the probation department. In exchange for his plea, the People moved to dismiss “outright” Shasta County Superior Court case No. 18M7031. The trial court subsequently suspended imposition of sentence and placed defendant on three years’ formal probation. On November 20, 2020, the probation department (the Department) filed a petition alleging defendant violated his probation in case No. 428 by committing another act of vandalism (§ 594, subd. (b)(2)(A)), with which he was charged in Shasta County Superior Court case No. 20M7619 (case No. 619). On March 8, 2021, defendant admitted to violating his probation by committing the other act of vandalism and failing to report to his probation…