People v. Carter CA2/1

Filed 5/25/21 P. v. Carter CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B308323

Plaintiff and (Los Angeles County Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 9PR07086)

v.

JEROME MAJOR CARTER,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Kevin S. Rosenberg, Judge. Appeal dismissed. Greg Wolff, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________

In 2012, Jerome Carter pleaded no contest to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. (Pen. Code, § 29800, subd. (a)(1).)1 The trial court sentenced Carter to two years in state prison. Carter was released on post-release community supervision (PRCS) on July 9, 2013. His supervision was to expire on February 2, 2020. As part of his PRCS, Carter was participating in a residential mental health treatment plan. On September 25, 2019, Carter discharged himself from the residential treatment plan against the medical advice of his treatment team. He provided no information about an address where he would be located. Afterward, Carter failed to report to the designated office of the Los Angeles County Probation Department for supervision. The probation department filed a petition to revoke Carter’s PRCS, citing failure to cooperate in a mental health plan, failure to inform the probation department of his residence address, and failure to obey all laws. At a hearing on September 1, 2020, the trial court heard Carter’s request to represent himself pursuant to Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806. The trial court granted Carter’s Faretta request. At a hearing on September 11, 2020, Carter, representing himself, attempted to file a demurrer to the PRCS revocation petition. The trial court declined to accept the document for filing in the courtroom, but advised Carter that the document could be filed with the clerk and needed to be served on the People.