People v. Johnson

Opinion

DETJEN, J.—

INTRODUCTION

On January 24, 2014, Steven Jay Johnson (defendant) entered a business in Fresno and stole merchandise valued at $1,225. On February 18, 2014, he entered into a plea agreement in Fresno County Superior Court case No. F14901527 (the current case) whereby he pled no contest to felony grand theft involving property with a value exceeding $950 (Pen. Code, 1 § 487, subd. (a)) and admitted having served three prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)), one of which resulted from his 2010 conviction for three counts of second degree commercial burglary (§§ 459, 460, subd.…