People v. Perez CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Yuba) ----

THE PEOPLE, C079856

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. CRF-13-716)

v.

LEAH MICHELLE PEREZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

This case comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). Having reviewed the record as required by Wende, we affirm the judgment.

We provide the following brief description of the facts and procedural history of the case. (See People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110, 124.)

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In late September and early October 2013, the Postmaster of the Camptonville Post Office reported to law enforcement that several post office boxes had been tampered with and the mail drop slot had been bent. Several checks were taken from the post

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office boxes. Over the course of the next month, a number of the renters of the affected post office boxes reported that checks they had mailed had been altered in their amounts and for the benefit of defendant Leah Michelle Perez. Officers found several pieces of mail reported as stolen in defendant’s residence and merchandise ordered from catalogs, which had been obtained from the post office trash. Defendant admitted breaking into the post office boxes with the intent to place orders from catalogs and altering the checks contained therein. During the search of her home, officers also found stolen checks issued in a number of the victims’ names. At a later date, officers found defendant had posted bail and was released from custody on an unrelated matter at the time she committed the current crimes, after providing a false social security number and name.