PEOPLE v. CATLEY
Substantial evidence supported caretaker's conviction of theft by larceny where victim was a 68 year old man suffering from cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease and the medication taken to treat the disease, defendant took $17,000 of victim's money to buy herself a new sport utility vehicle, defendant admitted taking money but claimed she did so with victim's consent, and testimony of victim and of his doctor showed that he was not capable of consenting to the transfer of money. Penal Code Sec. 1127g, which provides that a witness with a cognitive impairment is not deemed any more or less credible than any other witness, does not unconstitutionally lower the prosecution's burden of proof.
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