People v. Jackson CA1/2

BACKGROUND

In October 2017, Jackson was convicted of assault by means of force

Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)) and sentenced to three years in prison. Jackson was released on postrelease community supervision (PRCS) under various terms and conditions, including that he report to the probation department as directed and refrain from criminal conduct. Jackson allegedly violated PRCS on several occasions. On September 5, 2019, the District Attorney filed a complaint under case No. 2-330678-4 charging Jackson with assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), with sentence enhancements and other sentencing allegations. On that same day, the probation department petitioned to revoke Jackson’s PRCS, alleging he had violated the terms of his PRCS by committing the assault charged in case No. 2-330678-4 and doing so as a “hate crime” (§ 422.7), as well as by repeatedly failing to report to probation. The petition proceedings were docketed under case No. 5-191723-6. The above two matters had not been formally consolidated but were being litigated together.2 In those matters, the trial court…