People v. Willis CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

On June 20, 2024, the San Mateo County District Attorney filed a complaint charging Willis with first degree residential burglary. (§ 460, subd. (a)). The burglary was alleged to have occurred on May 24, 2024. The complaint further alleged that the burglary was committed when another

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. person, other than an accomplice, was present in the residence, thus giving notice that a conviction would constitute a violent felony conviction (§ 667.5, subd. (c)). The complaint also included two misdemeanor drug paraphernalia charges (Health & Safety Code, § 11364) and one misdemeanor count of possessing burglary tools (§ 466). These offenses were alleged to have occurred on June 3 and June 19, 2024. A preliminary hearing was held on July 5, 2024. A City of San Mateo police officer testified that on May 24, 2024, he responded to a report from S.L. who owned a home on Norfolk Street in San Mateo. She related that she was at work when she looked at her home surveillance camera and saw a car pull into the driveway. A man got out and walked around her house into the backyard. She could see the man opened the door to…