Portillo

Filed 5/15/23 (see concurring opinion)

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B315241

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA127308) v.

JOSE PORTILLO et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Victor D. Martinez, Judge. Affirmed with directions. Jeffrey Manning-Cartwright, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Jose Portillo. Richard M. Doctoroff, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Orlando Portillo. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and J. Michael Lehmann, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________ Jose Portillo and Orlando Portillo 1 appeal from judgments of conviction entered after a jury found them each guilty of one count of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)). 2 Jose and Orlando contend there was insufficient evidence to support their…