People v. Holston CA3

BACKGROUND

Although the record provides few details about defendant, his victims, or the nature of his prior criminal conduct, it shows that since 1986 when he was convicted of

1 misdemeanor indecent exposure, he has been convicted of seven misdemeanors and 10 felonies, including felony sexual battery in 1987, and felony indecent exposure in 2001 for which he was sentenced to three years in prison. In 2009, he was sentenced to five years in prison for felony theft. On December 6, 2018, he was sentenced to two years in prison for resisting arrest. Defendant was paroled on October 31, 2019. According to his parole agent, Shane Alderson, defendant immediately absconded, used methamphetamine, and failed to attend mandated counseling. On December 19, 2019, defendant met with Agent Alderson, who explained the terms and conditions of his parole, which defendant signed. Because of his history of sex offenses, defendant was required to register as a sex offender under Penal Code section 290.1 His 56 special conditions of parole included several conditions typically applied to section 290 parolees, including conditions governing sex offender treatment, global positioning system (GPS)…