Mejia

Filed 8/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B320116

Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. YA098195 v.

FLOR DE MARIA MEJIA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Scott T. Millington, Judge. Affirmed. Debbie Yen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and Susan S. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________ In the dark of night, Flor de Maria Mejia hit a bicyclist and kept driving. The impact smashed Mejia’s windshield and the flying glass injured Mejia. Three minutes later, she drove by a parking control officer who saw the shattered windshield, looked at Mejia, and later identified Mejia as the driver and the only person in the van. Mejia sped away to her boyfriend’s place and the two of them immediately burned the van. After dawn, Mejia sought medical…