People v. McNeal CA1/3

facts necessary to resolve the issue raised. (Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., § 8.1; People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 851.) 2 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The following factual and procedural summary is taken from our prior unpublished opinion in People v. McNeal (July 24, 2020, A159113; McNeal) as to the events preceding that decision. “[D]efendant and the victim purchased a house as joint tenants and lived there together with their children until the victim moved out in 2011. In 2014, defendant forged the victim’s signature on loan modification documents. Criminal proceedings were initiated but defendant refused to sell the house to remove the victim’s name from the forged loan. He ultimately pled no contest to one count of felony forgery of a loan modification agreement ([§] 470, subd. (d)).” (McNeal, supra, A159113, fn. omitted.) “Thereafter, the parties agreed defendant would be allowed to withdraw his plea and the matter would be dismissed if he removed the victim’s name from the forged loan within six months. When defendant failed to do so, the trial court—consistent with the terms of the plea…