People v. Williams

Opinion

DAWSON, J.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant Bobby Lee Williams was charged with failure to register as a sex offender (Pen. Code, § 290) 1 and with having been convicted of four prior serious felonies (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and having served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)).

On August 16, 2007, after a three-day trial, appellant’s jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of the substantive offense. That same day appellant admitted the truth of the special allegations.

On September 14, 2007, the court denied appellant probation, declined a defense request to strike the prior…