People v. Robinson CA5

INTRODUCTION

Based on two separate incidents in May 2020, defendant Larry Wayne Robinson was charged with two felony counts of making criminal threats against T.C.,1 his former girlfriend (Pen. Code, § 422; counts 1, 3)2 ; one felony count of making a criminal threat against J.S., another woman (§ 422; count 4); two misdemeanor counts of contempt of court by violating a protective order issued pursuant to section 136.2 (§ 166, subd. (c)(1); counts 2, 5); one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing a peace officer (§ 148, subd. (a)(1); count 6); and one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia (Health & Saf. Code, § 11364, subd. (a); count 7). As to counts 1, 3, and 4, the amended information alleged defendant suffered eight prior felony convictions within the meaning of section 1203, subdivision (e)(4); and suffered a prior conviction under section 422, qualifying as a prior strike offense within the meaning of the Three Strikes law (§§ 667, subds. (b)–(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)–(d)) and a prior serious felony conviction within the meaning of section 667, subdivision (a)(1). As to counts 3 and 4, the amended information also alleged defendant personally used a…