People v. Champion CA4/1

Filed 3/24/25 P. v. Champion CA4/

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D085180

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. INF1901754)

JOSEPH EUGENE CHAMPION,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Riverside County, Otis Sterling III, Walter H. Kubelun, Judges. Affirmed. Stephen M. Lathrop, under the appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher P. Beesley and Namita Patel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Defendant Joseph Champion filed a pretrial motion under Penal Code section 1424 to recuse the…