P. v. Tupper CA3

Filed 3/11/13 P. v. Tupper CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Butte) ----

THE PEOPLE, C070979

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. SCR76775)

v.

KIM ASHLEY TUPPER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Kim Ashley Tupper pleaded guilty to felony corporal injury of a spouse, cohabitant, or child’s parent (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)).1 Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on three years’ formal probation. He was continued on probation after admitting to violating his probation by failing to enroll in a batterer’s treatment program. After he admitted to violating probation a second time, the

1 Undesignated statutory references to follow are to the Penal Code.

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trial court terminated probation and sentenced defendant to three years in state prison with 387 days’ presentence credit (230 actual, 128 conduct, and 29 state custody).2 On appeal, defendant contends the trial court failed to award credits for time he spent in a residential rehabilitation facility. We affirm. DISCUSSION We dispense with facts of defendant’s crime and probation violations, as they are unnecessary to resolve this appeal. Defendant’s sole claim is that he was entitled to custody credits for the 91 days he spent in a residential rehabilitation facility. Pursuant to a condition of his probation, defendant entered the Skyway House Residential Treatment Program on June 2, 2011, and remained there until leaving on August 31, 2011. A defendant is entitled to custody credit under section 2900.5, subdivision (a), for time spent in a residential rehabilitation facility if the placement was “custodial” and the custody was attributable to the proceedings relating to the conduct for which the defendant has been convicted. The award of credits did not include the 91 days spent in the residential treatment program. Defendant admits that the initial grant of probation included condition number 20, which states in pertinent part: “No custody time credits will accrue for participation in a residential treatment program, as a condition of probation” (boldface type in original), but claims he never agreed to the condition. It is well settled that a defendant may waive custody credits as a condition of probation, or in exchange for other sentencing considerations. (People v. Salazar (1994) 29 Cal.App.4th 1550, 1553.) A “Johnson waiver” (see People v. Johnson (1978) 82 Cal.App.3d 183) allows a criminal defendant to waive entitlement, past or future, to the