P. v. Hinojos CA5
On January 22, 2019, defendant Gabriel Mark Angel Hinojos was stopped while driving a vehicle that had been reported as stolen. A jury convicted defendant of unlawful taking or driving a vehicle and the trial court sentenced him to a four-year prison term. Defendant contends on appeal that (1) the trial court failed to instruct the jury that it must find the value of the vehicle to be at least $950 to convict defendant of taking a vehicle, (2) the jury verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence that the vehicle was valued in excess of $950, (3) the trial court erred by failing to sua sponte instruct the jurors that they had to agree on the same criminal act or acts for conviction, (4) the trial court erred in excluding a redacted portion of body camera footage after permitting the prosecution to introduce a different portion of the footage
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