P. v. Fuentes
Filed 2/7/07 P. v. Fuentes CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL FUENTES, SR., Defendants and Appellants. | E038496 (Super.Ct.No. RIF112167) OPINION |
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Christian F. Thierbach, Judge. Affirmed as modified.
Anita P. Jog, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rhonda Cartwright-Ladendorf, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Police officers started to follow a car that defendant Michael Fuentes, Sr., was driving, because it had no front license plate. Defendant began acting nervous and evasive. Inside the car, the officers found methamphetamine and marijuana. Defendant took the stand and denied knowing that the drugs were there. One Gena Lara testified that she had left them in the car without defendant's knowledge. Another police officer, however, testified that he overheard defendant arranging with Lara to have her lie for him.
A jury found defendant guilty of transportation of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)), possession of methamphetamine for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378) and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (b)). In a bifurcated proceeding, the jury also found true four nonviolent prior prison term enhancements (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)) and two â€