Wiege
People v. Wiege
Opinion
Opinion
Klein, J.
Defendant and appellant, Donald Wiege, Jr., appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction, by jury trial, for receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496d, subd. (a)). Sentenced to state prison for two years, he now appeals, claiming there was trial error.
The judgment is affirmed.
BACKGROUND
Viewed in accordance with the usual rule of appellate review (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206 [ 26 Cal.Rptr.2d 23 , 864 P.2d 103 ], the evidence established the following.
1. Prosecution evidence.
On May 4, 2004, Ana Robles drove her 1995 Chevy Tahoe Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to her 6:00 a.m. shift at the Robinsons-May distribution center in the City of Industry. She parked in the company parking lot. Around 10:00 a.m., Robles was notified her SUV had been stolen. She checked, and found it was missing from the parking lot. She had not given anyone permission to use it. When she retrieved her vehicle that afternoon, she found the dashboard frame broken and her car’s stereo equipment ripped out and thrown into the back.
At about 9:35 a.m. that same morning, police officers went to East 25th Street in Los Angeles. At the rear of this residence, they…