HOFFSTADT, J.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. ZM050339- 01, James N. Bianco, Judge.
Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Matthew Rodriquez, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster and Joseph P. Lee, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
HOFFSTADT, J.