P. v. Chao CA6
We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to California Standards of Judicial Administration, Title 8, Standard 8.1. (See People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 853–855.)
A jury convicted defendant Edward Chao of felony vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (b)(1)) and he was placed on felony probation, after a trial where the following evidence was presented: Defendant walked into a hotel lobby one night in 2018, took a fire extinguisher from a case on a wall, entered the hotel’s adjoining bar, and sprayed the extinguisher toward some of the tables. Much of the bar (which has an occupancy of about 100 people) was “covered in a grayish powder” from the fire extinguisher. This included “bottles, [] walls, carpets, tables, chairs, everything.” As many as 10 bar patrons were sprayed with the powder, and some patrons were coughing and appeared to have trouble breathing.
The bar manager testified that pouring spouts attached to alcohol bottles “were covered in whi
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