People v. Slyter CA3

I. BACKGROUND1

Defendant solicited a coworker for sex, and she reported the occurrence to authorities. In the course of the investigation related to that offense, an officer determined defendant was not in compliance with a previously imposed requirement that defendant register with authorities as a sex offender every 30 days. When authorities arrested defendant based on those charges, he was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Defendant pled no contest to failing to register as a sex offender (Pen. Code, § 290.011, subd. (a))2 and to soliciting prostitution by providing compensation (§ 647, subd. (b)(2)). Defendant subsequently failed to appear for sentencing and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He pled no contest in two separate cases for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)) and for failure to appear on his own recognizance in the solicitation case (§ 1320, subd. (b)). At sentencing for all three cases, the probation department reported that defendant’s adult criminal history included three felonies and nine misdemeanors. Defendant had previously violated probation and parole and he had served a prior…