People v. Schumacher CA3

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedMay 20, 2015
DocketC074062
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 5/20/15 P. v. Schumacher CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Shasta) ----

THE PEOPLE, C074062

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 12F7496)

v.

ANTHONY LEE SCHUMACHER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Sentenced to state prison pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant Anthony Lee Schumacher appeals from the trial court’s order requiring him to pay $14,565.34 in victim restitution to William Byron. Defendant contends that (1) absent a Harvey waiver (People v. Harvey (1979) 25 Cal.3d 754 (Harvey)), the evidence was insufficient to show that most of Byron’s alleged loss was a result of the criminal acts of which defendant was convicted; (2) the trial court erred by ordering restitution for purchases Byron made for business entities that were not direct victims of defendant’s crimes; (3) the trial court’s erroneous evidentiary rulings prevented defendant from establishing that Byron did not personally incur the expense of those purchases; (4) this court should remand for a new hearing as to those items; and that (5) the trial court should decide on remand whether

1 any restitution award is subject to forfeiture based on Byron’s probable use of the allegedly lost property in criminal narcotics activity. In support of the last contention, defendant requests we take judicial notice that on a date well after the victim restitution hearing, Byron was convicted of an out-of-state narcotics offense. Defendant also points out two errors in the sentencing minute orders. Finding all of defendant’s substantive contentions without merit, we affirm the victim restitution order and deny defendant’s request for judicial notice. However, we remand the matter for correction of the sentencing minute orders. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The Underlying Proceedings In October 2012, in case No. 12F7496, a felony complaint deemed an information charged defendant with shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (count 1; Pen. Code, § 246—undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code) and assault with a firearm (count 2; § 245, subd. (a)(2)). An on-bail enhancement was alleged as to both counts. (§ 12022.1.) On January 8, 2013, defendant pleaded no contest in case No. 12F7496 to assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)), a related offense to that charged in count 2, after the People added that charge to the information as count 3. At the same time, in case No. 12F4251, defendant pleaded no contest to one count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and two counts of assault with a machine gun or automatic weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(3)), and in case No. 12F7497, defendant pleaded no contest to one count of possession for sale of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)). In return, defendant was promised an aggregate state prison sentence of 11 years eight months and the dismissal of all remaining counts and allegations. The plea agreement did not include a Harvey waiver. On January 24, 2013, the trial court imposed the agreed-upon sentence. The prosecutor stated that the People were claiming $16,640 in victim restitution; defense

2 counsel demanded a restitution hearing. The court reserved jurisdiction to determine victim restitution and scheduled a future restitution hearing. Facts Supporting the Plea There was no preliminary hearing or probation report. The parties stipulated that the factual basis for defendant’s pleas could be found in the police reports, which are not in the appellate record. However, the People presented the underlying facts in their motion to order restitution, and defendant agrees that the People’s summary accurately represents the facts. The motion states, in part: “Mr. Byron (Byron), the victim, lived with a woman named Peggy Schumacher, who is the defendant’s . . . grandmother. Peggy allowed Byron to live on the property in his trailer and operate a marijuana grow. Three to four weeks prior to the incident that gave rise to the charges in this case, [defendant] moved into his grandmother’s residence. “Upon moving into the residence, [defendant] displayed aggressive behavior toward Byron and his friends. [Defendant] advised Byron that he didn’t like the way one of Byron’s friends looked at him and he wanted the friend off his grandmother’s property. [Defendant] then produced a nine-millimeter handgun, shot a round into a tree, and then said, ‘Do something about it.’ At another time, [defendant] arrived at the property with five of his cousins. By the way they were acting Byron believed the subjects were going to start trouble. Fortunately, according to Byron, [defendant’s] grandmother arrived and told [defendant] and his cousins to leave. “Because of the menacing behavior of the defendant, on 9 October 2012 Byron began the process of moving off the property. While towing a trailer behind his vehicle in the area of Buenaventura Boulevard and Teton Drive, Byron heard a single gunshot. Byron immediately looked up and saw the defendant driving his Cadillac Escalade. [Defendant] had his left hand outside the driver’s window and he was holding something. Byron heard approximately four more shots as he continued driving.

3 “When Byron reached a place of safety, he inspected his vehicles and noticed a bullet hole in the rear of the fifth wheel trailer he was towing. Also, a wheel on another vehicle being driven by a friend who followed was going flat. A bullet fragment was located inside the wheel. Law enforcement did not apprehend and capture [defendant] until 18 October 2012. Because [defendant] shot at him, Byron feared returning back to the residence to retrieve the remainder of his property.” The People’s Victim Restitution Claim The People asserted that the value of Byron’s damaged or abandoned property was $16,640, mainly from items related to Byron’s marijuana grow, which he left behind for fear of returning to the property while defendant was on the loose. The People attached receipts and a cover sheet furnished by Byron. The cover sheet listed the following items:

Blueray [sic] 119 Tire 207 Fencing 4006 Fertilizer/pots/etc. 91 80 294 323 FarmTek 1486 McConkey 648 [T]hrifty Supply 5118 Royl [sic] Gold 919 Royl [sic] Gold 1200 ShmidBaur [sic] [Building Supply] _2149 16640 A receipt for each item was attached. Most showed Byron as the buyer. However, the FarmTek receipt showed “Bill Byron [¶] The Herb Center Inc” as the buyer, the McConkey receipt showed “The Herb Center Inc.” alone as the buyer, and the two Royal Gold receipts showed “Humboldt County Collective” and “Humboldt Co Collective” as the buyer.

4 Defendant’s Response On April 22, 2013, defendant filed attachments A through F in support of a request to continue the restitution hearing.1 Attachment A was described as “County of Humboldt, Board of Supervisors Recommendations with respect to ‘Revocation of the Humboldt County Collective Conditional Use Permit,’ dated 8/30/12.” It purported to show: The Humboldt County Collective (THCC) was the county’s first authorized medical cannabis collective. On April 6, 2012, county staff learned that Byron, THCC’s director, had been arrested on drug trafficking charges in Pennsylvania. On June 7, 2012, Byron announced publicly that he was resigning as director and had turned over the operation and management of THCC to Collin and JoAnn Hammans. The Hammanses’ subsequent financial report showed an unexplained operating loss, possibly linked to the criminal charges against Byron.

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