P. v. Morgan
About 6:00 p.m. on December 31, 2009, a search of defendant Amber Adale Morgan during a traffic stop and pursuant to an arrest warrant revealed 19.1 grams of methamphetamine and $1,251 in cash. In 2008, defendant had been convicted of and sentenced to state prison for possession of methamphetamine for sale. (He alth & Saf. Code, § 11378; unless otherwise stated, all further statutory references are to the Health and Safety Code.)
After the December 31, 2009 arrest, defendant entered a plea of no contest to transportation of methamphetamine (§ 11379, subd. (a)) and admitted a prior drug conviction (§ 11370.2, subd. (c)) in exchange for a sentencing lid of five years in state prison, that is, the low term of two years for the offense plus three years for the prior conviction. Defendant also admitted misdemeanor offenses in two other cases with the agreement that punishment for those offenses would be served concurrently with the felony conviction.
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