P.
P. v. Johnson CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Rourke, J.
BACKGROUND
We omit a detailed recitation of the facts because this appeal involves only
sentencing issues. It suffices to say that, on May 5 and May 6, 2011, Johnson possessed
and sold cocaine base to an undercover officer.
DISCUSSION
I.
Johnson contends the court violated the ex post facto provisions of the state and
federal Constitutions when it imposed both the restitution and parole revocation fines in
the amount of $240 each instead of $200 each, which was the prescribed minimum under
section 1202.4, subdivision (b) at the time he committed the offenses.
Johnson forfeited his claim by failing to challenge imposition of the fines at trial.
(People v. Nelson (2011) 51 Cal.4th 198, 227; People v. Gamache (2010) 48 Cal.4th 347,
409.) During the pendency of this appeal, the California Supreme Court ruled in an
analogous case, whose logic applies equally here, that "a defendant who does nothing to
put at issue the propriety of imposition of a booking fee forfeits the right to challenge the
sufficiency of the evidence to support imposition of the booking fee on appeal, in the
same way that a defendant who goes to trial forfeits his challenge to the propriety…