P. v. Picazo CA2/1
On February 6, 2018, defendant David Dion Picaza rejected a proposed plea agreement with a proposed six-year-four-month prison term. The case was transferred to another department for trial. After an additional opportunity to discuss the proposed plea agreement, the parties announced they had reached a plea deal.
Defendant pled no contest to kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207, subd. (a)), which the trial court noted was a serious and violent felony. Defendant pled no contest to inflicting corporal injury having previously committed the same offense (§ 273.5, subd. (f)(1)). Defendant admitted prior convictions for violating sections 273.5, subdivision (a) (willful infliction of corporal injury) and 243, subdivision (a) (battery). In return, several other charges and an enhancement were dismissed. Defendant was sentenced to prison for an agreed upon term of six years four months.
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