Ventura County (Ventura)
VENTURA — “When I reverse you on appeal, I will make sure to rub it in your face,” Lee E. Peyton said to Judge David M. Hirsch after being convicted of receiving stolen property and identity theft.
These were defendant’s last words to the trial court that decided his guilt.
Peyton, who represented himself in the criminal case, had been a difficult defendant. Over the course of a year, h... (continued)
