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PEOPLE v. DUNBAR

No. G046209.

209 Cal.App.4th 114 (2012)

146 Cal. Rptr. 3d 673

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RUSSELL EUGENE DUNBAR, Defendant and Respondent.

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

August 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Rackauckas , District Attorney, and Matthew Lockhart , Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gerald Miller , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BEDSWORTH, Acting P. J. —

Although Penal Code section 471 broadly and unambiguously makes it a crime to forge an entry in "any book of records," the trial court construed the statute as applying only to the forgery of public records. Therefore, it dismissed 24 felony counts that were filed against defendant for allegedly falsifying entries into the records of a private business. We agree with the People that the...

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