People v. Rodola CA4/2

Filed 9/16/25 P. v. Rodola CA4/2 Opinion following transfer from Supreme Court NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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, E082873

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF72310)

RONALD EDWARD RODOLA, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. John D. Molloy, Judge.

Reversed with directions.

Heather E. Shallenberger, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for

Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina and Liz

Sulaiman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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In 1997, a jury convicted Ronald Edward Rodola of first degree burglary. (Pen.

Code, § 459.) (Unlabeled statutory citations refer to the Penal Code.) Rodola waived a

jury trial on the prior conviction allegations, and he admitted that he had served four prior

prison terms (former § 667.5, subd. (b)), that he had been convicted of three serious