P. v. Freeman CA3
At about 4:20 p.m. on April 24, 2016, defendant Donald Freeman and two other men entered a grocery store together and each pushed a shopping cart to the liquor aisle. They placed multiple bottles of liquor into the respective shopping carts, and then split up, going down separate aisles, each with a cart. All three left the store without paying. Defendant was detained by a loss prevention officer. The two other men fled in a vehicle. The liquor in the three carts was worth $1,287.28.
In January 2017, after his motion to substitute counsel was denied, defendant entered a negotiated plea of no contest to grand theft of property exceeding $950 (Pen. Code, §§ 487, subd. (a), 484, subd. (a)—count 1) in exchange for a stipulated county prison sentence of three years, with a split determined by probation, and the dismissal of the remaining count (conspiracy to commit grand theft) and allegations (three prior prison terms).
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