People v. Williams CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B250001

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. YA087016) v.

BRAD ALLAN WILLIAMS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Steven Van Sicklen, Judge. Affirmed.

Richard L. Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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After the trial court denied his motion to suppress, Brad Williams pled no contest to possession of a controlled substance for sale (count 1; Health & Saf. Code, § 11378) and forgery involving counterfeit U.S. currency (count 2; Pen. Code, § 476). The court sentenced Williams to an aggregate sentence of five years in state prison as follows: the mid-term of two years on count 1, plus a three-year term on a drug-related prior, plus a concurrent term of two years on count 2. The court suspended execution of sentence and placed Williams on formal probation for a period of three years on the condition, among others, that he complete a residential drug treatment program. The court imposed a $280 restitution fine and like amount probation revocation fine (stayed pending any violation proceeding), plus $80 in court security fees, $60 in conviction assessments, a $10 crime prevention fee, a $50 lab fee, and $155 in penalty assessments. We affirm. FACTS1 On March 26, 2013, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Officer James Walker and his partner, Officer Maier, were driving in the area of 182nd Street and Kingsdale Avenue in Torrance, when they pulled behind a truck and noticed that it had a trailer hitch ball “that stuck up and covered one of the numbers of the license plate, almost completely, making it impossible to read from directly behind the vehicle.” The officers initiated a traffic stop relating to section 5201 of the Vehicle Code.2