P.
P. v. Ramos CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Irion, J.
I.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
While Ramos was on parole and subject to a waiver of his Fourth Amendment
rights, his parole officer searched his car and found two video game devices with Internet
capabilities. Ramos told the parole officer he "might find multiple pornographic images"
on the devices, "some involving kids." The memory stick of one of the devices contained
four images of young girls performing fellatio on adult men and one image of a young
girl licking the breasts and touching the vulva of another young girl. The memory stick
also indicated the device had been used to access Web sites featuring child pornography.
II.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The People charged Ramos with felony possession of child pornography. (Pen.
Code, § 311.11, subd. (a).) They alleged Ramos had two prior convictions of committing
a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 years (id., § 288, subd. (a)), which constituted
strikes under the Three Strikes law (id., §§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12); and a prior
conviction of a drug offense (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)), for which Ramos
served a prison term (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)). The People also alleged these…