P. v. Quiroz CA4/2
Defendant Carl Jonathan Quiroz forcibly took his girlfriend’s cellular phone, threatened to burn her house down and shoot her in the head, and slashed the tires on her vehicle. Defendant was convicted of making a criminal threat, first degree robbery, and misdemeanor vandalism. With enhancements for prior felony convictions, defendant was sentenced to 14 years four months in state prison. On appeal, defendant argues: (1) the trial court improperly allowed the prosecutor to impeach the victim’s testimony with her statement to a sheriff’s deputy that defendant had threatened her; (2) the court erred by preventing defendant from impeaching the victim with the conduct underlying her prior misdemeanor forgery conviction; and (3) the record does not support the robbery conviction because the evidence does not demonstrate defendant intended to permanently deprive the victim of her cellular phone.
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