People v. Mendoza CA4/2

Filed 10/10/24 P. v. Mendoza CA4/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E082603

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF2204945)

VICTOR DOMINGO MENDOZA, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Randolph Rogers, Judge.

(Retired judge of the L.A. Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6

of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed.

Jan B. Norman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant and appellant Victor Domingo Mendoza got into an argument with his

girlfriend. In the course of the altercation, defendant fired a gun and took the woman’s

cell phone and purse.

A jury found defendant guilty of four offenses: (i) robbery (Pen. Code, § 211,1

count 2); (ii) being a felon (defendant was convicted in 2008 of burglary of a dwelling) in

possession of a firearm (§ 29800, count 3); (iii) carrying a loaded firearm in a public

place (§ 25850, subd. (c)(1), count 4); and (iv) assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2),