People v. Madden CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The rifle found in the garage While investigating a fatal shooting at a Taco Bell in January 2022, the police obtained security footage showing the suspect’s vehicle license plate number. The police investigated the license plate number and located the vehicle at 97th Street and McKinley Avenue. Two days later, the police found defendant washing the vehicle in front of a house with another man. Police also saw defendant enter and exit the residence. After washing the vehicle, defendant drove off but the other man remained in front of the house. The police followed defendant, initiated a traffic stop, detained him, and recovered defendant’s set of keys and cellphone. The cellphone was registered under defendant’s name and at the address of the house where defendant had been observed. The vehicle was registered not to defendant but to Caruso Motors. The police searched the residence using one of defendant’s keys to open the front door. In a bedroom, mail from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and debit cards with

All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 defendant’s identifying information were found. The bedroom…