People v. Fadiboard CA2/4

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedSeptember 5, 2014
DocketB252927
StatusUnpublished

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People v. Fadiboard CA2/4, (Cal. Ct. App. 2014).

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Filed 9/5/14 P. v. Fadiboard CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE, B252927

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA412041) v.

MUSLIM FADIBOARD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Henry J. Hall, Judge. Affirmed as modified. Jared G. Coleman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Nima Razfar, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. INTRODUCTION

A jury found defendant Muslim Fadiboard guilty of two counts of first degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459; counts 6 & 7),1 three misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a); counts 2, 3 & 4), and one count of possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); count 5).2 The trial court imposed a sentence of four years in state prison, consisting of the low term of two years for one count of first degree burglary (count 6), a consecutive eight-month term for the possession charge (count 5), and a consecutive term of one year and four months for the other burglary charge (count 7). The court also imposed a consecutive term of 180 days in county jail for one count of receiving stolen property (count 2). The sentences for the other two counts of receiving stolen property (counts 3 & 4) were stayed pursuant to section 654. In this appeal from the judgment, appellant contends that: (1) his multiple convictions for receiving stolen property should be consolidated into a single conviction, and (2) although the trial court correctly awarded the total number of presentence custody credits, it improperly allocated that number between the jail and prison terms. We disagree with the first contention, agree with the second, and affirm the judgment as modified.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

I. 5418 Harold Way: Receiving Stolen Property (Count 2) Michael Flynn lived in an apartment building located at 5418 Harold Way in Los Angeles. On June 1, 2013, at around 6:30 a.m., Flynn returned to his apartment after briefly going out to buy coffee. He closed his front door but did not lock it, and then

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 Appellant was acquitted of one count of first degree burglary. (§ 459; count 1.)

2 went upstairs. About 10 minutes later, he came downstairs and noticed that his laptop was missing from his kitchen table. He went outside and looked around but did not see anyone. A few hours later he realized that his wallet, which he had placed near the front door after returning from buying coffee, also was missing. He immediately called his credit card companies and canceled the cards. Surveillance video taken at 7:30 a.m. that day at a Ralphs grocery store near Flynn’s apartment showed appellant making a purchase at the self check-out register. Flynn’s bank statement confirmed that a transaction totaling $119.80 was made at that Ralphs using his card.

II. 1730 North Gramercy: Receiving Stolen Property (Count 4) and Residential Burglary (Count 7) Giles Spencer, a tenant at an apartment building at 1730 North Gramercy, reported to the building manager the morning of June 2, 2013, that someone had broken into his car. The manager, Paul Hughes, viewed surveillance video depicting appellant gaining access to the building through a staircase window. Appellant proceeded to the mailbox area and pulled mail from individual boxes. He then walked into the parking garage and tried to open various car doors. Around 5:46 a.m., he found a Mercedes that was unlocked and entered it. He stayed in the car, moving around inside with a flashlight, before finally exiting at 6:03 a.m. Later that morning, the manager discovered some tenant mail as well as the registration and owner’s manual for the Mercedes discarded under a stairwell. The Mercedes belonged to Spencer, who later confirmed his wallet, car manual, and registration were missing from his car. The manager returned the registration and manual to Spencer. The manager recognized appellant from surveillance video taken a couple of months earlier, on March 15 and 18, 2013, showing appellant walking through the garage and trying to open car doors and trunks.

3 III. 5555 Harold Way: Receiving Stolen Property (Count 3), Possession of Methamphetamine (Count 5), and Residential Burglary (Count 6) Soon after leaving the Gramercy apartment building on June 2, 2013, appellant gained access to a nearby apartment building at 5555 Harold Way. Surveillance video taken at 6:21 a.m. showed appellant opening compartments in the bed of a pickup truck in the parking garage. A few minutes later, a tenant reported to the building manager, Jose Velasco, that he had seen a suspicious person in the garage. Velasco went to the garage with his dog. On the subterranean parking level, he saw appellant standing next to a Mazda Miata convertible, peering into it. Velasco recognized appellant from an incident two months earlier when Velasco had confronted appellant about his presence in the apartment building. Velasco had retreated when appellant opened his bag and revealed a knife. After seeing appellant by the Mazda, Velasco took his dog back to his apartment and went back to the garage. He watched appellant leave the building, then followed appellant in his car. Velasco called the police. At about 6:50 a.m., Velasco flagged down responding officers and directed them to appellant. The police officers detained appellant. The location where appellant was detained was within a half-square mile radius of the Gramercy and Harold Way apartment buildings. When detained, appellant was carrying two bags containing methamphetamine in a plastic bag, Flynn’s wallet, Spencer’s wallet, and four ibuprofen and prescription medication bottles. At around 7:00 a.m., Velasco informed the owner of the Mazda, Peter Cluff, about the suspicious activity he had observed. Officers met with Cluff shortly thereafter, and Cluff confirmed that a large bag containing ibuprofen and pharmaceutical bottles was missing from his trunk. The items belonged to Timothy Carney, who lived with Cluff and also used the car. The prescription bottles recovered from appellant’s bags had Carney’s name on them. Flynn’s laptop and credit card used by appellant to make a purchase at Ralphs were not recovered. Appellant did not present any evidence.

4 DISCUSSION

I. Multiple Convictions of Receiving Stolen Property Were Appropriate Appellant contends that although counts 2, 3, and 4 alleged that he violated section 496 by withholding, concealing, buying, and receiving specific items of stolen property, the jury did not designate which theory of liability it relied upon in finding him guilty, and found merely that each count occurred on the same day, as charged in the information. According to appellant, the jury therefore necessarily found that he withheld and concealed the property on one occasion, thus constituting a single violation of section 496. We disagree.

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