People v. Staton CA3

BACKGROUND

In March 2019, in Tehama County Superior Court case No. 19CR000301, defendant pleaded guilty to possession of metal knuckles (§ 21810), and misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377). The trial court granted him a five-year term of probation. Defendant also pleaded guilty to carrying a dirk or dagger (§ 21310) in Tehama County Superior Court case No. 19CR000507, for which he also received a five-year term of probation. In July 2019, case No. 19CR000301 was transferred to Butte County and was renamed Butte County Superior Court case No. 19CF04989 (case No. 989). Case No. 19CR000507 also was transferred to Butte County and was renamed Butte County Superior Court case No. 19CF04969 (case No. 969). In January 2020, defendant admitted violating his probation in both cases (case Nos. 969 and 989) and both grants of probation were modified and reinstated. Later that same year, in Butte County Superior Court case No. 20CF03299 (case No. 299), defendant pleaded no contest to possessing a shuriken. (§ 22410.) In case No. 299, the trial court granted a three-year term of probation; the court modified and reinstated probation in case Nos. 989 and 969.…