P. v. Berry CA3
Alexander Berry with receiving stolen property with a value exceeding $950 (count 1; Pen. Code, § 496, subd. (a) [statutory section references that follow are to the Penal Code]) and misdemeanor exhibiting a firearm (count 2; § 417, subd. (a)(2)).
On October 21, 2015, defendant entered pleas of no contest to both counts. According to the probation report, stipulated as the factual basis for his plea, on the night of September 19, 2015, police officers were sent to an apartment complex to respond to a report of a man brandishing a firearm. They found defendant with a woman who turned out to be his mother. After the two were taken into custody, defendant’s mother admitted defendant had been in possession of a firearm and directed the officers to where the firearm was hidden. The officers found a loaded .45 semiautomatic handgun, which turned out to be stolen.
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