P. v. Woods
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following her guilty pleas to four counts of child endangerment. (Pen. Code, 273a, subd. (a).) Appellant admitted two prior serious felony convictions within the meaning of California's "Three Strikes" law. ( 1170.12, subds. (a) (d), 667, subds. (b) (i).) The pleas were pursuant to a negotiated settlement whereby one of the prior convictions would be struck, three remaining counts in the information would be dismissed, and the maximum sentence would be 20 years in state prison.
The trial court sentenced appellant to prison for 16 years: the midterm of four years on one count of child endangerment, doubled to eight years because of the strike, plus consecutive terms of two years, eight months, on each of the three other counts of child endangerment (one third the midterm doubled because of the strike). The trial court stated that consecutive sentences were appropriate because there were "different individual victims for each count."
Appellant contends that, pursuant to section 654, sentence on the three other counts of child endangerment should have been stayed. Court dismiss the appeal because appellant failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause.
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