P. v. Howell CA4/2
A jury found defendant and appellant Willie Paul Howell guilty of failure to annually update his sex offender registration within five working days of his birthday (Pen. Code, § 290.012, subd. (a), count 1) and failure to register or reregister as a sex offender upon release from incarceration (§ 290.015, subd. (a), count 2). In a bifurcated hearing, a trial court found true the allegations that defendant had served two prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and had two prior strike convictions (§§ 667, subds. (c) & (e)(2)(A), 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)). Defendant stipulated to the allegation of a third prior strike conviction. The court subsequently dismissed two of the prior strike convictions. It then sentenced him to the upper term of three years on count 1 and eight months on count 2, doubled pursuant to the prior strike, plus one year on each of the prison priors, for a total of nine years four months in state prison.
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