Slaton

Defendant Charles Philip Slaton appeals his judgment of conviction of grand theft and attempted grand theft. We affirm and hold that he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in loan documents submitted to institutional lenders.

*1043 Facts

Slaton was convicted of 11 counts of grand theft and 2 counts of attempted grand theft arising from the defrauding of homeowners who sold their homes to him and lending institutions from which he sought refinancing. Evidence at trial and reasonable inferences therefrom, viewed most favorably to the judgment (People v. Barnes (1986) 42 Cal.3d 284, 303 [ 228 Cal.Rptr. 228 , 721 P.2d 110 ]), established:

Slaton was a licensed real estate broker doing business as Pacifica Shores Realty. He employed codefendant Kay Austin as a real estate salesperson. Another real estate salesperson testified that Austin worked closely with Slaton under his specific direction: “He would tell her exactly what to say on a transaction and [it would] have to be verbatim. I’ve seen him lose his temper at her because she didn’t word it correctly .... [S]he was to know exactly what he was telling her and ... do it right.” Slaton’s bookkeeper also testified…