People v. Reed

Opinion

SMITH, J.

Tracy Reed pled guilty to inmate battery on a correctional officer. (Pen. Code, § 4501.5; all further section references are to that code.) Sentenced to a full consecutive lower term of two years over his objection that only one-third the middle term of three years (i.e., one year) was authorized (§ 1170.1, subd. (c)), Reed appeals the sentence. We ¿firm.

Background

Reed was originally committed to prison in July 1981 for a Los Angeles robbery. In February 1984, while serving a four-year term for that offense, he was sentenced to two years, consecutively, for a Monterey County…