People v. Gutierrez

I. Introduction

The district attorney brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order granting defendant Ramon Gutierrez's motion to suppress evidence obtained from his tax returns and other documents contained in his client file, which was seized from the offices of his tax preparer. Gutierrez is charged with identity theft and criminal impersonation based on the information obtained from these tax records, which show that he reported income from work that he performed while providing his employer with a social security number registered to another person.

Gutierrez's client file…