Soni

People v. Soni

Good Law
134 Cal. App. 4th 1510·2005 Cal. App. LEXIS 1944·2005 Daily Journal DAR 14670·36 Cal. Rptr. 3d 864·2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10702
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 20, 2005G033067California3,601 words

Opinion

Opinion

Sills, J.

Supriti Soni appeals from the judgment sending her to prison for three years after a jury convicted her of 19 counts arising from her less-than-honest business dealings of real estate transactions and loan applications. She contends that count II, a misdemeanor charge of filing a false statement (see Pen. Code, § 532, subd. (a)), was filed beyond the applicable statute of limitations period and therefore must be stricken. She also argues that counts IV and V—two separate incidents of recording false documents, a violation of section 115, subdivision (a)—were likewise prosecuted after expiration of the applicable statute of limitations and must be stricken as well. We affirm the judgment.

I

FACTS

For the 16 counts for which no contention on appeal was made, we merely summarize the events. Soni and her husband (Vijay) were licensed real estate and loan agents and brokers, and they worked at First Countrywide Realty and Fastrack Funding, among other fictitiously named companies. Soni was known as Sue, Supriti Soni, Priti Soni, Priti Devi, and Priti Lohia. Under these various names, Soni and her husband obtained confidential information from various people—one of whom…

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