People v. Crawford CA4/1

Filed 11/4/25 P. v. Crawford CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D084160

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD137604)

DANNY RAY CRAWFORD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, David J. Danielsen, Judge. (Retired judge of the San Diego Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed.

Laura Vavakin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mande and Stephanie H. Chow, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court’s order finding

Danny Ray Crawford ineligible for resentencing relief under Penal Code1 section 1172.75. In 1999 a jury found Crawford guilty of aggravated mayhem, robbery, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and battery causing serious injury. The trial court found true the allegations that Crawford had suffered three prior strike convictions and a prior serious felony conviction, and that he had served a prior prison term. The court sentenced Crawford to prison for a total term of 30 years to life, which included a term of 25 years to life for the aggravated mayhem count with the prior strike convictions, plus a five-year term for the prior serious felony conviction. Prior to January 1, 2020, section 667.5, subdivision (b), required trial courts to “impose a one-year term for each prior separate prison term or county jail term” that the defendant had served, unless the defendant had remained free of custody for at least five years. (§ 667.5, former subd. (b); see People v. Christianson (2023) 97 Cal.App.5th 300, 309, review granted Feb. 21, 2024, S283189, review dismissed Aug. 20, 2025 (Christianson).) “Courts nevertheless had discretion to strike that enhancement pursuant to section 1385, subdivision (a).” (People v. Jennings (2019) 42 Cal.App.5th 664, 681.) Effective January 1, 2020, however, the Legislature amended section 667.5, subdivision (b), to limit the enhancement to prior prison terms served for convictions of sexually violent offenses. (Stats. 2019, ch. 590, § 1; see People v. Tang (2025) 109 Cal.App.5th 1003, 1006 (Tang).)