Lopez

Certified for Partial Publication. [*]

VARTABEDIAN, Acting P.J.

Defendant Daniel Sapien Lopez engaged in a series of crimes, resulting in the trial court finding him guilty of numerous felony criminal charges and finding true various appended allegations, including enhancements. Because of his status as a repeat offender, he received a substantial term of imprisonment. In the published portion of this opinion we uphold the carjacking (Pen.Code § 215) [1] conviction he challenges, finding there was a completed carjacking even though the vehicle itself was not physically moved. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we address and reject numerous additional contentions raised by defendant, including other substantial evidence challenges, his dispute concerning the breadth of his jury trial waiver, his claim of interpreter "hearsay," challenges to the three strikes law, and arguments regarding the severity of his punishment. We affirm.

Defendant was convicted in count five of carjacking. Wa Vue Yang was sitting in the driver's seat of his parked vehicle waiting for his wife to come out of the market. Defendant approached the driver's side of the vehicle and asked Yang if he…