People v. Camacho CA4/3

FACTS

On July 29, 2011, at 3:45 a.m., Patrol Officer Otilio Sanchez received a report of a prowler in the vicinity of Alco Avenue in Santa Ana. Upon responding to the area, Sanchez parked his squad car and proceeded down Alco on foot. His attention was drawn to a Honda Accord that was parked on Alco because its brake lights were on and there were three men inside the vehicle. Ceasar Cruz was in the driver’s seat, David Curiel was in the front passenger seat, and appellant was in the back. Sanchez didn’t know it at the time, but the car had recently been stolen from an apartment complex in Tustin. For his safety, Sanchez shone his flashlight inside the car, and at that point, the men exited the vehicle and began to walk away. Sanchez called out for them to stop, but they took off running instead. Cruz went one way, and appellant and Curiel ducked behind a car that was parked in the driveway at 2014 Alco. Sanchez positioned himself near that residence and called for backup. While he was waiting for help to arrive, he saw appellant and Curiel walk up to the house and bang on the front door. When Marisol Hernandez answered the door, they forced their way inside her home and told her…