People v. Talibdeen CA2/5

Facts and Procedural Background Appellant was charged with three counts of second degree burglary of a commercial building, one committed on April 10, 2012 and the other two on April 20, 2012. The April 10 burglary was of a Baskin Robbins store. Edible Arrangements and Goodwill Industries were burglarized on April 20. In all three cases, the burglar threw a rock through a glass window or door, opened the business’s cash register and took any money inside.2 All three burglaries were captured by surveillance cameras. Appellant represented himself in the trial court. He made numerous motions, including statutory and non-statutory motions to set aside the information, a motion to recuse Judge Cheroske, a motion to suppress evidence uncovered in a search of his residence and motions to exclude evidence. Appellant entered into a plea agreement on the date set for trial. He pled no contest to the count 1 burglary charge involving Edible Arrangements.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 There was no money in the Goodwill cash register. 2 Discussion Appellant obtained a certificate of probable cause pursuant to section 1237.5, and filed a…