P. v. Byrd
Appellant Gerald Byrd pled no contest to two counts of robbery (Pen. Code, S 211) charged in two separate cases, viz., Tulare County Superior Court case Nos. VCF134601 (case No. 1) and VCF136392 (case No. 2), respectively. On remand, the court again denied probation and imposed a prison term of three years. The court gave the following reasons for denying probation: Byrd's conduct indicated he was" a danger to society to some extent," and the victim of one of the robberies was "vulnerable." That victim was a woman who was walking up to a bank to make a deposit. The court imposed a prison term of three years, consisting of the two-year lower term in case No. 1 and one year, representing one-third of the midterm, in case No. 2.
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