People v. Villa CA5

FACTS

Personal Ties Alma was born in Mexico in November 1973 and came to the United States in 1994. She and Jose Torres Frausto, who was born in Mexico in 1968, have two daughters and a son. The children were all born in the same Porterville hospital and they are citizens of the United States. The daughters were born in March 1999 and March 2002. The son was born in February 2012, after the plea that is the subject of this appeal. The record includes a copy of a California driver’s license issued to Alma in July 2017, which contains an address near Porterville. It also includes a copy of the social security and permanent resident cards of Amparo Torres De Frausto, who was born in Mexico in 1945. It is unclear from the record if Amparo is Jose’s mother or is otherwise related to him. Charges In September 2008, investigators looking into a referral from the Health and Human Services Agency of Tulare County conducted a taped interview of Alma at the site of her employer. Alma reviewed documents with her signature, acknowledged her responsibility to report income, and admitted she submitted documents to the agency that failed to report earnings between 2004 and 2008. In October 2008,…