People v. Ballard CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D069097

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD262919)

RICKY ALBERT BALLARD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Timothy

Walsh, Judge. Affirmed.

Sheila O'Connor, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Ricky Albert Ballard appeals a judgment following his guilty plea to one count of

willful failure to register as a sex offender, after having suffered two convictions for

failing to update transient registration information. (Pen. Code, § 290.018, subd. (b).)

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In July 2015, the district attorney charged Ballard by felony complaint with one

count of violating Penal Code section 290.018, subdivision (b).

The court subsequently denied Ballard's first request filed under People v.