People v. Dixon CA3

Filed 9/19/25 P. v. Dixon CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Lassen) ----

THE PEOPLE, C101982

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 2022CR0088792) v.

MYESHA DIXON,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury convicted defendant Myesha Dixon of one count of conspiracy to send a controlled substance into prison (Pen. Code, §§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 4573)1 and two counts of assisting others with sending a controlled substance into prison (§ 4573, subd. (a)). On appeal, Dixon argues that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions. We will affirm.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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BACKGROUND Marcel Dixon2 and Paul Saechao were both inmates at High Desert State Prison in late 2021. Marcel was married to Dixon and Paul was married to Melissa Saechao.3 Correctional Sergeant Anastasia Albrecht had been investigating Paul’s “criminal dealings” for several years. As part of that investigation, Sergeant Albrecht listened to numerous phone calls between Paul and Melissa. Although many of the calls were “very generic” or difficult to decipher, Sergeant Albrecht learned that Paul had other inmates contact Melissa for “more detailed messages.” On the evening of October 20, 2021, Marcel called Dixon three times. The first phone call occurred at 8:27 p.m. During this call, Marcel gave Dixon Melissa’s cell phone number. Marcel then began to read Dixon a handwritten message to be sent to Melissa, but he could not read the entire message; he told Dixon that he would call her back. Marcel called Dixon again at 8:39 p.m. asking if she was ready to “finish that text.” After confirming that she was ready, Marcel told Dixon, “Her husband said go ahead and grab a zip and a half” and “do a 90 page out of those 90 pages.” “A zip is common street terminology” for an ounce, or 28 grams, of drugs. A “zip and a half” is an ounce and a half, or 42 grams, of drugs. Marcel further instructed Dixon that out of the 90 pages, 60 should be sent to inmate “Gauardo” with number “AY7170” in a packet that included stamps and envelopes. Text messages extracted from Melissa’s cell phone showed that Dixon texted Melissa at 8:44 p.m.: “Your husband said go grab a zip and a half and 90 pages out of