P. v. Espinoza
Filed 7/21/06 P. v. Espinoza CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD JIMMY ESPINOZA, Defendant and Appellant. | B184755 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA079373) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Larry S. Knupp, Judge. Affirmed as modified.
Heather J. Manolakas, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Ana R. Duarte and Catherine Okawa Kohm, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
INTRODUCTION
A jury convicted defendant Richard Espinoza of two counts of receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a)),[1] one count of joy riding (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)) and one count of possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)). The jury acquitted him of two counts of assault upon a police officer. (§ 245, subd. (c).) The trial court found that defendant had suffered two prior convictions alleged pursuant to the â€
