P. v. Caramanis
David Walter Caramanis appeals a judgment following conviction by plea to manufacturing gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), and possession of GHB, with findings that he suffered two controlled substance convictions and that he served a prior prison term. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11379.6, subd. (a), 11377, subd. (a), 11370.2, subd. (b); Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b).) We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by declining to sentence Caramanis to a "split-sentence" pursuant to the Criminal Justice Realignment Act (Act) (Stats. 2011, lst Ex. Sess. 2011-2012, ch. 12, § 1; § 1170, subd. (h)(5)(B)), and affirm. (People v. Griffis (2013) 212 Cal.App.4th 956, 963, fn. 2 [defining "split-sentence option" in terms of Penal Code section 1170, subdivision (h)(B)(5)].)
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