People v. Hoffman CA3

BACKGROUND

We limit our recitation of the background to the circumstances relevant to defendant’s contentions on appeal. A An employee of the Yolo County Public Guardian’s office testified at a hearing to determine victim restitution. (§ 1202.4.) The public employee testified her office became the court-appointed conservator of the person and estate of defendant’s father. She said defendant had power of attorney for the father. At the time of appointment, the conservator took steps to understand the father’s funds and assets. The conservator determined that when defendant obtained power of attorney, the father had more than $950,000 in an Exxon retirement account, but when the conservator was appointed, the balance of the Exxon account was zero. The conservator determined the father also lost over $78,000 associated with a Chase bank account and over $4,000 associated with a Wells Fargo bank account. In addition, a Capitol One credit card had a balance of over $10,000, and a Discover Card had a balance of over $7,000. The father

2 also owed over $3,000 to Allstate insurance in connection with a January 2019 car accident involving defendant. Regarding the Chase account losses,…