P. v. Dean
A jury convicted defendant Nicholas Elton Dean of three counts: count 1, receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, 496, subd. (a));[1] count 2, forgery using an access card ( 484f, subd. (b)); and count 3, theft of access card account information ( 484e, subd. (d)). In a bifurcated, non-jury trial, the court found one prior conviction under the Three Strikes law true ( 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) and also found true the allegation that defendant was released on bail or on his own recognizance in another case when he committed the instant offenses ( 12022.1).[2] The court sentenced defendant to 9 years, 4 months: on count 1 the court imposed the principal term of 6 years for receiving stolen property (double the high term of 3 years), plus 2 years for the on-bail enhancement, a total of 8 years, and on count 2, a consecutive term of 16 months (double the 8-month mid-term). On count 3, the court ruled (and the prosecution conceded) that having imposed sentence on count 2, the court was required by section 654 to stay the sentence on count 3.
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