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P. v. Champion CA4/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 7, 2013E055024California1,709 words

Opinion

Opinion

INTRODUCTION

On October 5, 2011, a complaint charged defendant and appellant Shandra

Champion with possession of cocaine under Health and Safety Code section 11350,

subdivision (a) (count 1), and theft with three or more prior convictions for theft crimes

under Penal Code section 490.5 (count 2). The complaint further alleged that defendant

had two prison priors under Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b).

Defendant pled guilty to both counts and admitted one prison prior. Defendant

was sentenced to two years four months in county jail.

On November 18, 2011, defendant filed her timely notice of appeal. On appeal,

defendant contends that the trial court erred in imposing a booking fee and a drug

program fee without determining her ability to pay the fees. For the reasons set forth

post, we shall affirm the judgment.

II1

BACKGROUND

Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement, formal probation was denied.

Defendant requested an immediate sentence and waived being referred to probation for a

presentence report. Therefore, defendant was sentenced to two years four months in

county jail as follows: 16 months on count 2, 60 concurrent days on count 1, and…

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