P. v. Tesfaye
In an information filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, defendant and appellant Isaac Tesfaye was charged with 15 counts of various offenses related to his management of a nonprofit organization, the African Community Resource Center (ACRC). In a plea agreement, defendant pleaded guilty to a single offense, grand theft of property exceeding $400 from the ACRC (count 15; Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)).[1] The remaining counts were dismissed.
The trial court placed defendant on formal probation for a period of three years, with a number of conditions, including that he serve 365 days in county jail. Defendant was granted 120 days of presentence custody credits. The trial court also imposed various fines and fees. In a separate hearing, the trial court ordered defendant to pay $72,600 in restitution to the victim.
In 2015, defendant filed a petition alleging that he had successfully completed his probation term and moved to have the charged reduced to a mis
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