P. v. Taliaferro

Filed 1/31/07  P. v. Taliaferro CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

            APPEAL from the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.  David  M. Mintz, Judge.  Affirmed.

            Janet J. Gray, 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, Susan D. Martynec and Robert S. Henry, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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            Esther Taliaferro appeals from the judgment following her conviction on two counts of robbery.  We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

            Hugo Martinez was walking on 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles shortly before 2:00  a.m. one February 2004.  Appellant Esther Taliaferro, who was missing an upper front tooth, approached him and asked for a cigarette and a dollar.  Martinez said he had neither.  She asked if he wanted sex.  He replied, â€