Legal Opinion
People v. Taulton
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 2005No. G033673PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RYLAARSDAM, Acting P. J .
After a bifurcated trial, defendant Jerry Dean Taulton was convicted of one count of commercial burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (b)). Thereafter the court conducted a bench trial and found defendant had previously been convicted of petty theft with a prior (Pen. Code, §§ 666, 488) and possession of stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496). The only evidence presented at the bench trial consisted of documents constituting a so-called 969b packet. The issue originally raised in this appeal was that the true findings, based solely on documentary evidence,…
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