Bloomfield
People v. Bloomfield
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Margulies, J.
*650 Defendant Violet Felecity Bloomfield appeals from an order denying her petition for relief under Proposition 47. Defendant contends the trial court erred in refusing to reduce her convictions for two counts of access card forgery from felonies to misdemeanors. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A complaint filed on February 7, 2014, charged defendant with nine offenses, including, among others, felony counts of access card forgery ( Pen. Code, 1 § 484f, subd. (a) ; counts 1, 5, 9) and one misdemeanor count of petty theft (§ 484, subd. (a); count 2).
The following facts regarding the access card forgery offenses at issue in this appeal (counts 1 & 5) are taken from the probation report. In January 2014, a taxi driver reported to police he had picked defendant up and driven her to several locations in Marin County. Defendant attempted to pay the $73.53 cab fare with a prepaid debit card, but the charge did not go through. When police searched defendant, they located a Green Dot prepaid Visa card with defendant's name and another individual's name embossed on it.
A week later, defendant attempted to purchase dinner at a fast food restaurant. A store employee contacted police because…