People v. Vidor CA1/1

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

In July 2015, Vidor took the car of an 85-year-old man while the man was loading groceries into his vehicle at a supermarket. The older gentleman jumped into the passenger seat in an attempt to go with his car, but Vidor pushed him out of the open passenger door while the vehicle was traveling 15 to 20 miles per hour. The victim received abrasions on both of his elbows. A police officer subsequently located the stolen vehicle and attempted to stop it, but Vidor failed to yield, entering a highway. The officer observed the vehicle weaving in and out of heavy traffic on the Petaluma River Bridge at speeds of 80 to 85 miles per hour. Vidor exited the highway, passed other vehicles using the right shoulder of the exit ramp, failed to stop at a stop sign, and re- entered the highway. He gained ground on the police pursuit even though the police vehicle was traveling at speeds of 100 to 110 miles per hour. The officer ultimately lost sight of the stolen vehicle on side streets in Novato.

2 On February 3, 2022, we granted Vidor’s request for judicial notice of the record in his appeal from the original judgment (see People v. Vidor (Sept. 27, 2018,…