People v. Martinez CA1/4

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 23, 2013, Martinez entered a guilty plea for one count of receiving stolen property in violation of section 496, subdivision (a), and in December 2013 was placed on three years of formal probation. Also in 2013, Blue Mountain, a real estate investment company, purchased 555 Riverside Drive in Napa and began work

1 Subsequent statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.

1 remodeling the residence for resale. The residence had been coded as uninhabitable, and the company did not allow anyone to enter or remain on the property during the remodeling. 555 Riverside Drive was a single-family “residential” home in a residential neighborhood. In January 2014, Ryan Hale, a general contractor, arrived at 555 Riverdale Drive to begin planned work on the property and discovered Martinez and one other person sleeping inside in the front bedroom. Hale called the Napa Police Department, and two officers arrived immediately and cited Martinez for trespassing. She was charged with violating section 602.5, and on February 18, 2014, it was also alleged she violated her probation on the receiving stolen property…