Statler
People v. Statler
Opinion
Opinion
Best, J.
Following trial by jury, defendants were convicted of burglary. (Pen. Code, § 459.) Following discussion, we will reject the contentions on appeal of each defendant in turn and affirm the judgments.
Statement of Facts
Defendants were convicted of burglarizing Juanita Petty’s residence in Bakersfield. The prosecution’s case consisted of the following facts: Aneta Adams testified that she first saw defendant Statler and defendant Brown driving through her neighborhood on April 18, 1983, at 11:30 in the morning. The two men were in a maroon car and were driving very slowly throughout the neighborhood looking at all of the houses. Mrs. Adams was suspicious of the two men because neither lived in the neighborhood and because they were driving throughout the neighborhood so slowly. Mrs. Adams was in her car on the way to the market, so she decided to follow the men. At one point when the defendants realized that she was watching them, they turned their heads and covered their faces with their hands. Mrs. Adams wrote down the license plate number of the car, which was 989 MBP. Later, she observed that defendant Brown had gotten out of the car and was walking toward Juanita…