P. v. Turner
On December 13, 2007, defendant Lanier Pierre Turner was stopped for driving a vehicle without license plates and with a cracked windshield. Defendant admitted that he was on parole. A search of the car revealed a pipe for smoking methamphetamine and a baggie with 0.56 grams of methamphetamine. Defendant entered a negotiated plea of no contest to possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, 11377, subd. (a)) and admitted a strike prior (Pen. Code, 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12 [for a 1991 Pen. Code, 288, subd. (a) conviction]), in exchange for a stipulated state prison sentence of the low term of 16 months, doubled for the strike prior. The court granted the prosecutors motion to dismiss the remaining count and allegations in the interest of justice. The court sentenced defendant to state prison accordingly.
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