Cofer

People v. Cofer

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 28, 2024H050122California6,350 words

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Filed 6/28/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H050122

(Monterey County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. Nos. 20CR010763; 20CR008059; 21C500245; v. 21CR001076; 21CR001243)

CHRISTOPHER LEE COFER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Christopher Lee Cofer was sentenced at a single hearing as part of a negotiated disposition of five open cases. All of the sentences were concurrent with the six-year principal term. Relying on a previous decision by a different panel of this court in People v. Jacobs (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 67 (Jacobs), the trial court did not award presentence custody credits in all of the cases for all of the days defendant was in actual custody. We respectfully disagree with Jacobs and conclude that when a defendant is sentenced concurrently at a single hearing to resolve multiple cases that were not previously the subject of a judgment of conviction or probationary disposition, Penal Code section 2900.5 requires the trial court to apply presentence credits for all periods of actual custody…

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