P. v. Loyola
Defendant Daniel Richard Loyola was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by sheriff’s deputies. A deputy saw defendant trying to swallow a piece of paper. The deputy ordered defendant to spit the paper out, but he refused. The deputy physically prevented him from swallowing it, and defendant ultimately spit it out. The paper turned out to be a forged check. Defendant was arrested, and a key to a stolen vehicle was found in his pocket. Defendant was on active postrelease community supervision (PRCS) at the time of his arrest. Defendant was charged by complaint in case No. C1628079 with receiving a stolen vehicle with a prior conviction for vehicle theft (Pen. Code, §§ 496d, 666.5), and it was further alleged that he had suffered a strike prior (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12) and a prison prior (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). He was charged by complaint in case No. C1628087 with forgery (§ 470, subd. (d)), destroying evidence (§ 135), misdemeanor possession of methamphetam
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