Woods

Filed 3/18/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G061948

v. (Super. Ct. No. 17CF1373)

JON WOODS, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Patrick H. Donahue, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Burke E. Strunsky and Rod Pacheco for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson and Junichi P. Semitsu, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. * * * A jury convicted Jon Woods of 37 felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Woods was a worker’s compensation attorney who had made business arrangements that involved unlawful kickback and referral fees. As we explain in greater detail below, the scheme generally involved referring copy and subpoena work to companies who were providing various undisclosed financial benefits to Woods and his firm. In the context…