P. v. Gutierrez
Defendant Beatrice Gutierrez and two others were charged with numerous crimes. The trial court severed defendant’s case from that of her co-defendants and, after trial, a jury found her guilty of one count of attempted grand theft and two counts of grand theft, each based on a theory of theft by false pretenses, plus one count of grand theft from an elder. The jury also found the crimes resulted in losses exceeding $100,000. The court sentenced defendant to a five-year, eight-month prison term and ordered her to pay restitution. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred by admitting evidence defendant had previously acquired her elderly aunt’s home, property used in the investment schemes underlying some of the charged crimes, by fraudulent means. (Evid. Code, §§ 1101 & 352; all further statutory references are to this code.) We find no error and affirm the judgment.
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