P. v. Lakota
Defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence after the trial court found him guilty of four counts of misdemeanor attempted petty theft (Pen. Code, 664/488; Cts. 1, 6, 7, 8), one count of receiving stolen property ( 496, subd. (a); Ct. 2), and two counts of attempting to obtain money by falsely representing himself as a public officer. ( 664/146a, subd. (b); Cts. 9 and 10.)[2] He was placed on formal probation for three years and ordered to serve 180 days in jail and perform 400 hours of community service.
On appeal, he contends the evidence is insufficient to establish he impersonated a public officer, counsels ineffective assistance caused him to reject a proposed plea bargain, and the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion to reduce the felony convictions to misdemeanors and denying his request to change from self representation to representation by appointed counsel.
Court find no error and affirm the judgment and sentence.
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