People v. Davis

Opinion

BUTZ,J.—

In February 2014, a jury found defendant Kenneth Ralph Davis guilty of two 2010 misdemeanors, diverting the natural course of a stream (Fish & G. Code, § 1602—count 2) (acquitting him of obstructing it in count 1) and petty theft (of water) (Pen. Code, § 488—count 3). It also found him guilty of a trespass injuring wood or timber in 2010 in another case (which was consolidated solely for purposes of trial) that involved a road he had bulldozed across neighboring property to his own. (§ 602, subd. (a).) The court placed him on a three-year period of informal probation,…