P. v. Woods CA4/1
A jury convicted Ahern Hahshon Woods on 28 counts arising from theft and drug-related activity between February 2017 and May 2019. The trial court sentenced Woods to a term of 15 years in prison.
Woods challenges only the convictions on the four counts that relate to the theft of two pickup trucks on different dates in 2019. For both vehicle thefts, Woods was convicted of unlawfully taking a vehicle in violation of Vehicle Code section 10851, subdivision (a) (counts 3 and 5). Woods contends that insufficient evidence supports the jury’s finding that he took the trucks, as required for the convictions in counts 3 and 5. According to Woods, the evidence supports no more than a finding that he was later found to be in possession of the trucks. In addition, for both of the vehicle thefts, the jury also convicted Woods of receiving a stolen vehicle in violation of Penal Code section 496d (counts 4 and 6).
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