P. v. Pineda CA4/3
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Jonathan S. Fish, Judge. Affirmed as modified with directions.
Ava R. Stralla, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel B. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa A. Mandel and Joseph C. Anagnos, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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INTRODUCTION
On October 8, 2020, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the victims, D.M. and T.M., while preparing for their paper route, were approached by defendant Carlos Alfredo Pineda. D.M. is disabled and was sitting in the driver seat. His wife, T.M. exited the car on the passenger side, to prepare to transfer newspapers from one vehicle to the one D.M. occupied. Pineda approached the victims and accused them of stealing the car. Pineda, who was behaving strangely, stated he was going to take the car from them, attempted to open the driver’s side door,
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