Hassan

Ahmed Ali Hassan, also know as Ahmed Aly Abdel Azim Hassan, Ahmed Ali Abdel-Azim Ibrahim Hassan, Ahmed Aly and Ahmed Aly Hassan Abdel Azim, appeals from the judgment entered upon his convictions in a court trial of offering a false or forged instrument for recording (Pen. Code, § 115, subd. (a); count l) and offering false evidence (§ 132; count 2). The trial court sentenced him to the middle term of two years on count 1, staying execution of sentence and placing him on three years’ probation on the condition he serve one year in county jail. On count 2, it suspended imposition of sentence and placed him on three years’ probation. Appellant contends that there is insufficient evidence (1) he violated section 115, and (2) he violated section 132.

We reverse the conviction of count 2 and otherwise affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The prosecution’s evidence

On October 4, 2002, appellant and codefendant, Ana Beatriz Sequen Deleon (Deleon), went to the offices of Candice Espinoza (Espinoza), a commissioned notary authorized to certify a “confidential marriage,” and Baldomcro Aguilera (Aguilera), a minister authorized by a church to solemnize the marriage. After Aguilera…