People v. Christie CA4/1

Filed 8/27/20 P. v. Christie CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D076272

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD274207)

JEFFREY CHRISTIE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Melinda J. Lasater, Judge. Affirmed.

Heather L. Beugen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Robin Urbanski and Mary Katherine Strickland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

BACKGROUND On November 10, 1994, defendant was convicted of lewd or lascivious

acts with a child aged 14 or 15, in violation of Penal Code1 section 288, subdivision (c), and orally copulating a child under the age of 16 in violation of section 288, subdivision (b)(2). As a result, he was ordered to register as a sex offender for life in California. He was required to register on his birthday, October 16, 2017. He did not do so. Officers telephoned defendant on October 19, 2017, to remind him to register. They learned he was no longer living at the address they had for him. He had not notified law enforcement of the change in his residence. Defendant was arrested on November 9, 2017, for failing to register. On January 3, 2018, defendant entered a plea of guilty to two counts of failing to register as a sex offender. (§ 290.018 subd. (b)). He also admitted that he had two strike priors. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, & 668.) The court at sentencing on September 7, 2018, dismissed defendant’s two strike priors pursuant to section 1385. Defendant was placed on formal probation for 18 months. One of his conditions of probation was a requirement to “report to the [probation officer] as directed.” Following a contested hearing on April 30, 2019, the trial court revoked defendant’s probation after finding he failed to report to probation as directed. Defendant was sentenced to two years in state prison. Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. ANALYSIS Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that there was insufficient evidence to revoke his probation. We disagree.