P. v. Blaze
Filed 8/15/06 P. v. Blaze CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATHANIEL BLAZE, Defendant and Appellant. | E037601 (Super.Ct.No. RIF112654) O P I N I O N |
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Sharon J. Waters, Judge. Affirmed.
Corinne S. Shulman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Raquel Gonzalez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Erika Hiramatsu, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
INTRODUCTION
Defendant Nathaniel Blaze was convicted by a jury of: (1) transportation of cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352);[1] (2) possession for sale of cocaine (§ 11351.5); (3) transportation of methamphetamine (§ 11379); (4) possession for sale of methamphetamine (§ 11378); and (5) possession of not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana (§ 11357, subd. (b)). In a bifurcated court trial, the court found true allegations that defendant had: a prior conviction for violating section 11351.5 (§ 11370.2, subd. (a)); a prison prior (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)); and four prior robbery convictions for purposes of the â€