People v. Tikhomirov CA3

California Court of Appeal·Decided December 2, 2014·No. C073911M·Unpublished

Opinion

Filed 12/2/14 P. v. Tikhomirov CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 (Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C073911

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 11F08684)

v.

ALEKSANDR TIKHOMIROV,

Defendant and Appellant.

THE PEOPLE, C074477

v. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING AND NICOLAI TCACSIN, MODIFYING OPINION

Defendant and Appellant. [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

THE COURT:

Appellant Nicolai Tcacsin has petitioned for rehearing. It is ordered that the nonpublished opinion filed herein on November 3, 2014, be modified as follows:

1 1. At page 11, delete the second full paragraph, which reads:

As a matter of simple logic, the former would be the interpretation more likely to further the purpose of deterring future misconduct, because the latter would not prevent defendants, if caught red-handed with the prohibited materials, from claiming a purpose other than recycling or resale. In any event, the basic interpretive principle of the “last antecedent rule” resolves any ambiguity in the manner that the parties suggest, because it applies qualifying phrases to the phrases immediately preceding them rather than to more remote parts of the sentence. (People v. Le (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 54, 62.) While this would seem to end the matter without any need to modify the condition of probation, in an abundance of caution (and because the orders of probation need modification in other respects), the trial court should amend the restriction on possession of metals in both cases to read: “Defendant shall not knowingly possess brass or copper plates, pipes, wiring, or ferrous or nonferrous metals, for any purpose; defendant may possess cans, bottles, or plastic with California redemption value for the purposes of recycling or resale.”

and replace it with the following, so that it now reads:

As a matter of simple logic, the former would be the interpretation more likely to further the purpose of deterring future misconduct, because the latter would not prevent defendants, if caught red-handed with the prohibited materials, from claiming a purpose other than recycling or resale. In any event, because the orders of probation need modification in other respects, the trial court should amend the restriction on possession of metals in both cases as well to reflect its intent more clearly.

2 2. At page 14, delete the Disposition in its entirety, which reads:

DISPOSITION

Defendants’ convictions for grand theft are modified to attempted petty theft; defendant Tikhomirov’s conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia is reversed with directions to enter a judgment of acquittal on that count. The trial court is directed to issue amended probation orders, which reflect these modifications to the convictions, as well as the modification to the probation condition regarding possession of metals (set out in pt. IV. of the Discussion, ante, at pp. 10-11), the proper statutory basis for ordered reimbursement of administrative fees (Gov. Code, § 29550.1), and (in defendant Tcacsin’s case) the award of 70 days of conduct credit and the absence of any obligation to pay interest on the order for victim restitution. As modified, defendants’ orders of probation are affirmed. and replace it with the following, so that it now reads:

DISPOSITION The convictions for grand theft are modified to attempted petty theft; defendant Tikhomirov’s conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia is reversed with directions to enter a judgment of acquittal. The trial court is directed to issue amended probation orders, which should reflect these modifications to the convictions, a modification to the probation condition regarding possession of metals to reflect its intent more clearly, the proper statutory basis for ordered reimbursement of administrative fees (Gov. Code, § 29550.1), and (in defendant Tcacsin’s case) the award of 70 days of conduct credits and the absence of any obligation to pay interest on the order for victim restitution.

3 Appellant Tcacsin’s petition for rehearing is denied. There is no change in judgment.

BY THE COURT:

RAYE , P. J.

BUTZ , J.

DUARTE , J.

4 Filed 11/3/14 P. v. Tikhomirov CA3 (unmodified version) 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 (Sacramento) ----

NICOLAI TCACSIN,

At a joint trial in April 2013, a jury found codefendants Aleksandr Tikhomirov and Nicolai Tcacsin guilty of grand theft and felony vandalism in Citrus Heights in

1 November 2011, and the receipt of stolen property and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia in Elk Grove in December 2011. (Pen. Code, §§ 487, subd. (a), 594, subd. (a), 496, subd. (a) & Health & Saf. Code, § 11364.1, subd. (a).) The trial court suspended imposition of sentence and granted probation to both defendants, conditioned inter alia on a jail sentence.

We have consolidated defendants’ separate appeals for the purpose of decision only. Defendants both argue that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an uncharged offense; their convictions for grand theft and possessing stolen property are not supported by substantial evidence; the trial court should have instructed sua sponte on attempted theft as a lesser included offense; a probation condition regarding their possession of metals is overly broad; and a probation condition of paying booking and jail classification fees is invalid absent evidence of the actual administrative costs to the county. In individual arguments, defendant Tikhomirov maintains that his misdemeanor conviction is not supported by substantial evidence, and defendant Tcacsin identifies discrepancies between the oral pronouncement of his probation and the written order of probation.

The People concede the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions for grand theft and, upon our request for supplementary briefing, concede that the evidence is also insufficient to support a conviction for attempted grand theft. (These concessions moot defendants’ argument regarding the absence of an instruction on attempted theft.) The People also concede the evidence is insufficient to support defendant Tikhomirov’s conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia. The People further concede the need to amend the probation condition governing metal possession, and to correct the probation order to reflect the court’s oral pronouncement in defendant Tcacsin’s case. We will thus affirm the orders of probation as modified in these respects, and direct the trial court to issue amended probation orders.

2 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. The Citrus Heights Incident In November 2011, the owners (husband and wife) of a vacant rental home drove to the property to check on it. It was late morning. The property was still posted with a “for rent” sign, though a tenant was scheduled to take residence in mid-December. The owners saw a white van partially blocking the driveway.

They had not authorized their property management company to do any work at the house. The wife entered through the front door, while the husband went into the back yard.

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