People v. Jensen CA2/7

California Court of Appeal·Decided March 21, 2022·No. B303083M·Unpublished

Opinion

Filed 3/21/22 P. v. Jensen CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B303083

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA120724) v. ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR RYAN PATRICK JENSEN, REHEARING

Defendant and Appellant. (NO CHANGE IN THE APPELLATE JUDGMENT)

THE COURT: The above-entitled opinion filed on February 28, 2022, is modified as follows: On page 14 in the first paragraph of section B.1. of the Discussion, add this sentence to the end: Sanchez testified, “[W]hen I reviewed the incident, I observed Mr. Jensen running out of the garden exit with the power tools.” On page 14 in the second paragraph of section B.1. of the Discussion, delete this sentence: Next, Jensen was “running out of the garden exit with power tools.”

On page 17 in the last paragraph of section B.3. of the Discussion, replace these sentences: In addition, the footage showed Jensen “running out of the garden exit with power tools.” The jury could have inferred Jensen’s consciousness of guilt.

with:

In addition, according to Sanchez, the footage showed Jensen “running out of the garden exit with power tools.” The jury, which saw the video, could have inferred Jensen’s consciousness of guilt from his movement in the parking lot to his accomplice’s car.

Appellant’s petition for rehearing is denied.

There is no change in the appellate judgment.

PERLUSS, P. J. FEUER, J. IBARRA, J. (Assigned)

2 Filed 2/28/22 P. v. Jensen CA2/7 (unmodified opinion) NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA120724) v.

RYAN PATRICK JENSEN,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Victor D. Martinez, Judge. Affirmed. Sunnie L. Daniels, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Colleen M. Tiedemann and Rene Judkiewicz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________ Ryan Patrick Jensen appeals the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of two counts of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 2111) and three counts of grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a).) Jensen contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to replace his appointed counsel under People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118 (Marsden). Jensen also contends insufficient evidence supported the jury’s verdict on one of his theft counts. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Charges The District Attorney of Los Angeles County filed a seven- count information charging Jensen with two counts of second degree robbery (§ 211; counts 1, 4) and five counts of grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a); counts 2, 3, 5, 6, 7). The charges stemmed from five thefts at The Home Depot stores in Monrovia, Covina and Glendora between March 15, 2019 and April 12, 2019. As to all seven counts, the information included special allegations that Jensen had served a prior prison term for a felony conviction within five years of his current charges (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and that he had been convicted of two prior felonies, rendering him ineligible for probation (§ 1203, subd. (e)(4)). Jensen pleaded not guilty and denied the special allegations.

B. The Marsden Motion Fifty days before trial, Jensen asked to replace his appointed attorney. The trial court held an in camera hearing

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 and denied Jensen’s Marsden motion, as discussed in detail below. The day before trial, the court asked Jensen if he would like to make another Marsden motion. After conferring with defense counsel, Jensen replied, “No. That’s fine.”

C. The Jury Trial The prosecution submitted clips from surveillance videos of all five incidents, which the trial court admitted into evidence. The parties stipulated that the person in the videos was Jensen. In addition, the prosecution presented three witnesses: Michelle Ramos, David Castaneda and Jesus Sanchez. Jensen did not present any witnesses or submit additional evidence.

1. March 15, 2019 (counts 4 and 5) Ramos, a cashier at The Home Depot store in Monrovia, testified about the March 15 robbery and theft. After seeing Jensen leave the store without paying for merchandise in his cart, Ramos asked Jensen for a receipt. Jensen reacted “[a]ggressive[ly]” and told her to “get the fuck away from him.” Jensen put his hand in his pocket, which scared Ramos because she did not know whether he had a weapon. Sanchez, an asset protection specialist at The Home Depot store in Monrovia, reviewed the surveillance footage. In the video, Jensen ran out of the store with a shopping cart and put the merchandise into a green sedan. The value of the stolen merchandise, which included power tools, was $1,375.

2. March 17, 2019 (count 3) Sanchez testified about the March 17 theft at The Home Depot store in Covina. Sanchez reviewed the surveillance

3 footage. In the video, Jensen ran out of the store with a shopping cart without paying for the merchandise in it. Jensen went to a green sedan. The value of the stolen merchandise, which included power tools, was $1,000.

3. March 18, 2019 (count 1 and 2) Castaneda, a member of the loss prevention department at The Home Depot store in Glendora, testified about the robbery and theft on March 18. After Jensen left the store through the garden department with a cart full of merchandise without paying for it, Castaneda ran after him. Jensen had a trash can, a rug and power tools. When Castaneda approached Jensen, Jensen reached into his pants pocket, and Castaneda backed off because he felt “unsafe” and believed he “was in danger of being probably stabbed.” Jensen grabbed some of the merchandise and got into a green sedan. The value of the stolen merchandise was $1,078.

4. March 26, 2019 (count 6) Sanchez reviewed the surveillance footage and testified about the March 26 theft at The Home Depot store in Monrovia, as discussed in detail below.

5. April 2, 2019 (count 7) Sanchez testified about the April 2 theft at The Home Depot store in Monrovia. Sanchez reviewed the surveillance footage. In the video, Jensen left through the garden department without paying for products. Power tools and other items were concealed in a trash can. Once outside, Jensen placed the goods in a green sedan, the same vehicle in the surveillance footage of

4 the prior incidents. The value of the stolen merchandise was $2,073.97.

6. Jury verdict and admission of prior allegation A jury convicted Jensen of two counts of second degree robbery (§ 211; counts 1 and 4) and three counts of grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a); counts 3, 6 and 7).2 Jensen admitted the truth of the prior prison term allegation (§ 667.5, subd. (b)).

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