P. v. Chavez
Defendant Jacob Pete Chavez was convicted after jury trial of bribing a witness (Pen. Code, § 137, subd. (a)),[1] and misdemeanor violation of a protective order (§ 273.6, subd. (a)). The trial court found that defendant had a prior serious felony conviction that also qualified as a strike (§§ 667, subds. (a), (b) – (i), 1170.12), and that he had served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The court sentenced defendant to prison for two years eight months and issued a three-year no-contact order pursuant to section 136.2. On appeal, defendant contends that the no-contact order should be stricken and that the concurrent sentence imposed on the misdemeanor count should have been stayed. The Attorney General concedes that the no-contact order should be stricken. We agree with the concession, but otherwise find no error. Therefore, we will modify the judgment by striking the no-contact order and affirm the judgment as so modified.
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