People v. Chan CA5

INTRODUCTION

Appellant and defendant Cesar Biado Chan was stopped while driving a rental car that was reported stolen. He was charged and convicted of felony receiving a stolen vehicle (Pen. Code, §496d, subd. (a))1 and sentenced to two years in prison. On appeal, his appellate counsel has filed a brief that summarizes the facts with citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant was arrested because he was driving a stolen Ford Mustang in Tuolumne County. The history of the stolen vehicle, however, began in Santa Clara County. Officer Correia of the Palo Alto Police Department was part of Santa Clara County’s regional auto theft task force. In 2019, he was involved in an investigation of Christy Reiken, who was “renting vehicles under false pretense[s] or with basically someone else’s identification. A fraud rental is what we call it.” Officer Correia testified Reiken rented a Chevrolet Suburban SUV from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Enterprise) office at the San Jose Airport, using the identification of Natalie Gallegos; she was alone when she rented the…