People v. Mayo CA4/2

FACTS

The pertinent facts are undisputed. On December 10, 2008, defendant, using the

name James Holt, applied for a driver’s license renewal at the Department of Motor

Vehicles (DMV) in Riverside. Defendant signed the DMV license renewal application

under penalty of perjury, attesting, among other things, to the fact that within the

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless indicated otherwise.

2 preceding 10 years he had not applied for a driver’s license under any other name, date of

birth, or Social Security number.

Lupe Vega, a DMV investigator, determined the Social Security number included

in the James Holt license application belonged to a person who had died in 1972, and that

person was not named Holt. Vega also determined that defendant was the person

depicted in the photograph submitted with James Holt’s license renewal application.

Vega also investigated a DMV application submitted in the name of Robert Grimes.

The application included a photograph of defendant but a Social Security number issued

to Robert Grimes. Further investigation disclosed in 2008, defendant had obtained a

driver’s license or identification card using his own…