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PEOPLE v. TAFOYA

No. E029271.

111 Cal.Rptr.2d 681 (2001)

92 Cal.App.4th 220

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael Martin TAFOYA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Denied December 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Roth, Public Defender, and Christine Laicato Bordner, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dennis L. Stout, District Attorney, and Robert P. Brown, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHLI, J.

The scope of Penal Code section 591 (section 591)—which makes it a crime unlawfully and maliciously to injure or obstruct a telephone line "or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith"—seems to have become a recurring appellate issue. Here, we will hold that the jury could properly find defendant Michael Martin Tafoya guilty under section 591 based on the evidence that, during an argument with his estranged wife, he...

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