No. H032842. April 7, 2009. Appeal from the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, No. 87874, Rene Navarro, Judge. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer A. Neill, Anya M. Binsacca and Denise A. Yates, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner State of California. Sanders Associates and Steven C. Sanders for Respondent P.F. Lazor. OPINION ELIA, J. By decision dated February 23, 2006, California's