People v. Hooper CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. Case Number CR2103112A In October 2021, the Humboldt County District Attorney filed a complaint against Hooper charging him with felony possession of a firearm, a nine-millimeter pistol, by a felon, Hooper having been previously convicted of a felony in April 2011. The district attorney also charged him and Marissa Faye Hooper with misdemeanor unlawful manufacture or assembly of a firearm, a nine-millimeter pistol (Pen. Code, § 29180, subd. (a)1; count 2); felony possession for sale of a controlled substance, methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378; count 3); and felony child abuse (§ 273a, subd. (a); count 4). The district attorney specially alleged that Hooper was previously convicted of four felonies within the meaning of section 1203, subd. (e)(4), which prohibits the grant of probation except in unusual cases in which the interests of justice would be best served. In February 2023, the parties agreed to a negotiated disposition of the case. Hooper would plead guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon (count 1) and possession of methamphetamine for sale (count 3). Counts 2 and 4 would be dismissed with Hooper waiving his rights under People v. Harvey…