Planchard

Filed 2/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C099609

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 23FE006809)

v.

DAVID PAUL PLANCHARD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Alexander J. Pal, Judge. Affirmed.

Brad L. Mahler, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Kimberley A. Donohue, Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen and Christopher J. Rench, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1 A jury found defendant David Paul Planchard guilty of stalking Debra Doe and violating a protective order. On appeal, he contends that the stalking statute required the People to have proven he made persistent attempts to directly contact Doe. Because his harassing and threatening messages were publicly posted on Facebook rather than sent directly to her, he argues they could not be used to establish a harassing course of conduct…