People v. Chatmon

Opinion

PARRILLI, J.

In April 2003, Fredrick Rico Chatmon pleaded no contest to a charge of cocaine possession. In exchange, the court dismissed a charge of resisting a police officer (Chatmon agreed to a Harvey waiver), 1 suspended imposition of sentence, and placed Chatmon on three years of probation with a 90-day jail term. Chatmon agreed to waive his rights to sue the Vallejo Police Department and to appeal the judgment. In October 2003, the court revoked Chatmon’s probation. He had failed to maintain contact with his probation officer, failed to appear for his jail term, failed to perform…