P. v. Schoenbachler 2/29/12 CA6

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: H035242

Case Date: 05/23/2012

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTI SCHOENBACHLER, Defendant and Appellant.

H035242 (Monterey County Super. Ct. No. SS062140)

Following a bench trial, the trial court convicted Christi Schoenbachler of grand theft and financial elder abuse, both felonies, and two counts of misdemeanor elder abuse. She claims that there was insufficient evidence for the court to impose the misdemeanor convictions, but that if we disagree then the sentences on those counts must be stayed. As a second alternative, she claims that the trial court erred in convicting her of certain of the crimes as multiple offenses when they constituted but a single offense. We will order the abstract of judgment modified to stay one sentence, but affirm the judgment as so modified. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The trial court convicted defendant of financial abuse of an elder (Former Pen. Code,

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