People v. Oranje CA1/2

BACKGROUND

In June 2013, the Lake County District Attorney filed a complaint against defendant in case number CR932786 that contained two counts of criminal offenses related to allegations that defendant was in unlawful possession of a 2011 Toyota Prius.

1 Further statutory citations are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.

1 Soon thereafter, in August 2013, the District Attorney charged defendant in another criminal case involving a separate incident. This was case number CR933186, in which defendant was charged with six counts of criminal offenses related to allegations that he unlawfully took a motorcycle. In September 2013, defendant entered pleas in both CR932786 and CR933186 at the same hearing. In CR932786, he pleaded no contest to felony violation of section 496d, subdivision (a), receiving or concealing the 2011 Prius.2 In CR933186, he pleaded no contest to a felony violation of Vehicle Code section 10851, subdivision (a), in that he unlawfully drove the motorcycle without the consent of its owner and with the intent to deprive the owner of possession of it. He stipulated to certain facts that indicated liability. The trial court found factual bases for his…