People v. Sullivan CA4/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 28, 2022E077842California913 words

Opinion

Opinion

statement of the case, and identifying one potentially arguable issue: whether the court

erred in terminating defendant’s probation in both lower court cases and sentencing her to

state prison. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 4, 2020, an officer responded to a report of a vehicle theft. The

victim reported he parked his car and entered his coffee shop, leaving the car running

with his dog in the back seat. About an hour later, one of the victim’s employees

informed him that his car was no longer in its parking space. His employee reported that

he saw a woman walk up to the victim’s vehicle, look inside the driver’s side window,

reach through the window, open the door, get in, and drive off. The victim reported the

vehicle stolen.

The victim retrieved video surveillance of the woman taking his car. The

responding officer captured several digital photographs from the video.

Later that night, another officer observed the victim’s vehicle parked in front of a

residence. As the officer stopped, a man flagged the officer down and reported that his

daughter had driven him in the victim’s car to the residence; she ran behind the house

when the…

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