People v. Fields CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

A. The Burglary of the R.s’ Vehicle and House The R.s, a married couple, lived with their adult son (son) in a house on Paris Street in San Francisco. The house, which is on a hill, has two stories that extend front to back and a third, bottom story in the back only. Most of the living area, including a guestroom and the couple’s bedroom, was on the top story, with the garage and family room on the middle story and son’s bedroom on the bottom story. Sometime after 9:00 a.m. on the morning of September 2, 2021, the R.s left to go shopping while son was still asleep. They drove their SUV to the South San Francisco Costco, about 20 minutes away. After shopping in the Costco for an hour, the couple returned to their SUV to find it had been “vandalized.” Both passenger’s-side tires were slashed, and the front passenger’s window was broken. The only thing missing from the SUV’s interior was their garage-door opener, which had been on the driver’s visor. The R.s called the police and unsuccessfully tried to get in touch with son. Son testified that meanwhile, while he was in his bedroom that morning, he heard footsteps from above that sounded…