People v. Martinez

Opinion

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

In May 2000, defendant Salvador Martinez, Jr., pleaded guilty to a charge that he committed a felony forgery in violation of Penal Code section 470, subdivision (a), 1 by “signing] the name of another person [or] of a fictitious person, to [a] RECEIPT FOR GOODS.” 2 Documents in the police report showed that defendant had signed someone else’s name on credit card receipts after making credit card purchases at a Chevron station.

In March 2015, defendant filed a petition for redesignation of his felony forgery offense as a misdemeanor under section…