People v. Mumm

120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 18, 98 Cal. App. 4th 812
California Court of Appeal·Decided April 30, 2002·No. D035303·Published·Cited by 42 cases

Opinion

120 Cal.Rptr.2d 18 (2002)
98 Cal.App.4th 812

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Jake Michael MUMM, Defendant and Appellant.

No. D035303.

Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One.

April 30, 2002.
Review Denied July 17, 2002.

*19 Peggy A. O'Neill and Cindi B. Mishkin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Rhonda L. Cartwright-Ladendorf, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

HALLER, Acting P.J.

In superior court case number SCD146281, Jake Michael Mumm pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine for sale (Health & Saf.Code, § 11378) and admitted he had a prior drug-related conviction (Health & Saf.Code, §§ 11378, 11370.2, subd. (c)). Mumm also admitted he had been convicted of armed robbery in Arizona. In case No. SCD147722, Mumm pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine (Health & Saf.Code, § 11377, subd. (a)) and admitted the prior Arizona armed robbery conviction. As to both cases, the court agreed to determine whether Mumm's prior Arizona conviction was a strike within the meaning of the three strikes law. (Pen.Code, §§ 667, subds.(b)(i), 1170.12.)[1]

Mumm unsuccessfully moved to strike the prior conviction in both cases. The court then found Mumm's Arizona robbery conviction qualified as a strike prior under the three strikes law. In case No. SCD146281, the court sentenced Mumm to prison for the middle term of two years, doubled to four years for the strike prior conviction. In case No. SCD147722, the court imposed a consecutive one-year four-month term plus a three-year enhancement for the prior drug-related conviction, for a total sentence of eight years four months. Mumm appeals, contending the record was insufficient to prove the Arizona prior contained all of the elements of a California robbery so as to constitute a serious felony and thus a strike under the three strikes law. We affirm the judgment.

DISCUSSION[2]

I

Preliminarily, the People contend Mumm, as part of the plea agreements, *20 expressly waived his right to appeal any issues regarding his prior conviction allegations. Consequently, they urge us to dismiss his appeal.

A defendant may waive the right to appeal as part of a plea bargain where the waiver is knowing, intelligent and voluntary. (People v. Panizzon (1996) 13 Cal.4th 68, 80, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 851, 913 P.2d 1061.) A broad or general waiver of appeal rights ordinarily includes error occurring before but not after the waiver because the defendant could not knowingly and intelligently waive the right to appeal any unforeseen or unknown future error. (In re Uriah R. (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 1152, 1157, 83 Cal.Rptr.2d 314.) Thus, a waiver of appeal rights does not apply to "`possible future error' [that] is outside the defendant's contemplation and knowledge at the time the waiver is made." (People v. Panizzon, supra, 13 Cal.4th at p. 85, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 851, 913 P.2d 1061; see also People v. Sherrick (1993) 19 Cal. App.4th 657, 659, 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 25; People v. Vargas (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 1653, 1662, 17 Cal.Rptr.2d 445.)

Here, Mumm agreed to waive his right to appeal based on "issues regarding priors allegations." At the time Mumm made that waiver, the court had not yet determined whether his prior Arizona conviction was a strike within the meaning of the three strikes law. Because the issue of the Arizona conviction was unresolved at the time Mumm entered his guilty plea, it fell "outside of [his] contemplation and knowledge when the waiver was made...." (People v. Panizzon, supra, 13 Cal.4th at p. 86, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 851, 913 P.2d 1061.) Thus, we decline to dismiss the appeal.

II

Under the three strikes law, the court may use as a strike prior "a conviction in another jurisdiction for an offense that includes all of the elements of the particular felony as defined in subdivision (c) of [s]ection 667.5 or subdivision (c) of [s]ection 1192.7." (§ 667, subd. (d)(2); see also § 1170.12, subd. (b)(2).) Thus, "[a] defendant whose prior conviction was suffered in another jurisdiction is ... subject to the same punishment as a person previously convicted of an offense involving the same conduct in California." (People v. Myers (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1193, 1201, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 911, 858 P.2d 301; People v. Avery (2002) 27 Cal.4th 49, 53, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 403, 38 P.3d 1; People v. Woodell (1998) 17 Cal.4th 448, 453, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 241, 950 P.2d 85.) In determining whether the foreign prior contains all of the elements of the California felony, the trier of fact may not look outside the record of conviction, but may consider any evidence in the record of the foreign conviction "if not precluded by the rules of evidence or other statutory limitation." (People v. Myers, supra, 5 Cal.4th at p.1201, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 911, 858 P.2d 301; see also People v. Riel (2000) 22 Cal.4th 1153, 1204-1205, 96 Cal. Rptr.2d 1, 998 P.2d 969.) If the record does not disclose any of the facts of the offense actually committed, the court will presume the prior conviction was for the least offense punishable under the foreign law. (People v. Guerrero (1988) 44 Cal.3d 343, 355, 243 Cal.Rptr. 688, 748 P.2d 1150; People v. Rodriguez (1998) 17 Cal.4th 253, 261-262, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 334, 949 P.2d 31.)

Here, the facts of the offense actually committed by Mumm in Arizona were not before the trial court. Rather, the record of conviction consisted only of copies of the Arizona indictment, Mumm's *21 plea agreement in that case, the clerk's minutes of the change of plea, the Arizona robbery statute in effect at the time of Mumm's conviction and several documents from the Arizona Department of Corrections.[3] These records do not establish Mumm had the intent to commit robbery as defined under California law. Consequently, whether Mumm's prior conviction qualifies as a serious felony under the three strikes law must be determined by applying the statutory definitions in force at the time of the conviction for his currently charged crime. (§ 667, subd. (d)(1); People v. James (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 1147, 1150, 111 Cal.Rptr.2d 292.) Specifically, the issue is whether a robbery conviction under Arizona law necessarily involves the same conduct that would qualify as robbery under California law. (People v. Avery, supra, 27 Cal.4th at p. 53, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 403, 38 P.3d 1.)

Robbery in California is defined as "the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear." (§ 211.) Robbery, like other theft crimes in California, requires the specific intent to permanently deprive the victim of his or her property. (People v. Guerra (1985) 40 Cal.

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