P. v. Yates
Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Quisteen Shum and Angela M. Borzachillo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. A jury convicted defendant of receiving stolen property. (Pen. Code, 496(a).) In bifurcated proceedings, the trial court found he had six prior convictions for which he served prison terms. (Pen. Code, 667.5, subd. (b).) He was sentenced to prison for eight years and appeals claiming insufficient evidence supports the verdict and the trial court erred in denying his motion to reduce his crime to a misdemeanor. Court reject his contentions and affirm, while directing the trial court to correct an error in the abstract of judgment.
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