People v. Picasso CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appellate counsel has provided a detailed summary of the facts of the

various offenses. We will incorporate the summary into this opinion.2 At about 9:00 p.m. on May 2, 2022, D.V. parked his 1990 Acura outside his home. The next morning, he found the car was gone and the keys were still in his possession. He did not know Picasso and did not give him permission to take or drive his car. On May 4, 2022, Officer Ibarra was on patrol when he noticed a 1990 Acura driving well below the speed limit. He ran a search, learned the car was stolen, and made a traffic stop. Once other officers arrived, Ibarra ordered the driver to exit the car. Picasso, the driver and sole occupant of the car, was compliant.

We have partially redacted the names of witnesses in the interest of privacy. 2 During an inventory search of the Acura, the officers found a backpack with personal identifying information that did not belong to Picasso. The information consisted of pieces of mail for six people and one vehicle registration for a 1992 Honda, which was registered to Rafael V. The Acura had a key in the ignition, which appeared to Ibarra to be a generic key that could be copied…