People v. Reid CA3

Filed 11/25/25 P. v. Reid CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 (Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C101432

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 22FE007473)

v.

CRAIG LAMAR REID,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Craig Lamar Reid pled no contest to criminal threats. On appeal, Reid contends the trial court abused its discretion because (1) the court did not apply the correct legal standard when it denied his application for mental health diversion and (2) insufficient evidence supports the trial court’s finding Reid posed an unreasonable risk to public safety. We will affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In 2019, Reid was convicted of willful infliction of corporal injury (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a))1 and negligent discharge of a firearm (§ 246.3). During the 2019 incident, Reid came to the home of his on-and-off-again girlfriend C.D.,2 and said, “Bitch get up, I caught you,” before slamming her head into a wall, punching and kicking her until she lost consciousness, and firing a gun in her vicinity. In 2022, while on parole for the 2019 case, Reid contacted C.D. in violation of a criminal protective order listing C.D. as the protected party. Reid sent C.D. numerous messages in which he threatened to kill her. One message said that he would “blow her brains out” and another showed a photo of what appeared to be a handgun resting in his lap. Upon seeing the messages, C.D. called 911 and the police arrested Reid at his home. The People charged Reid with criminal threats (§ 422) and alleged three prior strike offenses (§§ 667, subd. (e)(2), 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)). In November 2023, Reid filed an application for mental health diversion (§ 1001.36). To support his claim, he submitted an assessment from behavioral health services. The assessment stated Reid suffered from major depressive disorder with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, cocaine use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder. The assessment described that during childhood Reid witnessed his mother suffer from domestic and drug abuse; experienced physical and emotional abuse from his stepfather; was sexually molested by a counselor in a group home; and was shot in the eye at age 17, which left him blind in one eye. Reid suffered from hypervigilance due to past violent experiences while in prison, including being stabbed in 2008. Reid was also homeless for five years and involved in a gun fight in 2019. Reid