P. v. Cole
Filed 7/10/06 P. v. Cole CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SCOTT B. COLE, Defendant and Appellant. | B185377 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA278838) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
Craig E. Veals, Judge. Affirmed.
Lynette Gladd Moore, 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, Mary Sanchez and Robert F. Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Scott Brady Cole appeals from the judgment entered following a jury trial in which he was convicted of false personation (Pen. Code, § 529). He contends there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and instructional error. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On July 11, 2004, Scott Brady Cole (appellant) was detained by a security guard for shoplifting at a Rite Aid drugstore in Los Angeles County and identified himself using his brother-in-law's name, Social Security Number, and birth date. Appellant provided the same identifying information to the arresting officer, who found the person identified had no outstanding warrants and was not on parole or probation.
Appellant was taken to the police station where he was booked. The booking officer prepared various documents which duplicated the identifying information obtained from the arresting officer for booking appellant as an inmate. Among the documents were an â€
