People v. Moles CA3

I. BACKGROUND

On May 14, 2014, before defendant entered his plea, the prosecution stated the factual bases for the plea as follows: “As to [count 2], on or about the 27th day of December 2013 in El Dorado County, the Defendant, Henry Moles, took a vehicle unlawfully without the owner’s permission with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive him of possession of that vehicle being a Ford. The vehicle was a Ford pickup truck. “. . . [O]n or about the 27th day of December 2013 in the County of El Dorado, [defendant] committed the crime of receiving stolen property, [he] did unlawfully receive and withhold personal property belonging to other individuals specifically mail and vehicle keys which had been obtained—to have been stolen and obtained knowing the property did not belong to [him] and it was stolen. “As to [count four], on or about the 27th day of December of 2013 in the County of El Dorado, [defendant] committed the crime of possession of a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine, in that [he] willfully and unlawfully possessed the controlled substance.” The trial court also described the allegations in count three as they appeared in the complaint. The stolen…