People v. Ortiz CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appellate counsel has provided an accurate summary of the facts of the offense. We will incorporate the statement here for convenience. “This appeal involves a plea of guilty. “On June 2, 2021, Rosa Caudillo and Taylor Allard spent the night together. The next morning, Allard asked to borrow Caudillo’s 2008 Nissan. Caudillo denied the request. Sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Allard took the keys from inside the victim's home and left with the vehicle. Caudillo tried to get a hold of Allard several times and left messages demanding the return of her vehicle. “On June 4, 2021, Caudillo was told by an unidentified third party that someone took the vehicle from Allard. Caudillo reported the theft to the police. “On June 8, 2021, at about 6:45 p.m., an Escondido police officer on patrol observed the stolen vehicle in the area of Valley Parkway and Bear Valley Parkway and conducted a felony hot stop. Stephanie Ortiz was driving the vehicle and the passenger was Jason Ramirez.

2 “Caudillo responded to the scene to retrieve her vehicle, and both she and Ortiz commented that they knew each other. Caudillo said she met Ortiz for the first time in a brief…