People v. Wilson CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the afternoon of April 30, 2012, Maria Buffington returned to her residence on West 80th Street in Los Angeles to find the front door open and "splintered," and the contents of drawers and closets strewn about the house. A video game console and other personal items were missing. Earlier, a neighbor saw a gray-colored automobile containing two women and three men stop in front of the Buffington residence. A woman and three men left the automobile and approached the front door. The neighbor later saw the men in

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless stated otherwise. Buffington's yard and then one man leaving through the front door. The neighbor took photographs of the men and the automobile, noted the automobile's license plate number, and telephoned for police assistance. Shortly thereafter, Los Angeles police officers stopped the gray-colored automobile. Three of its passengers fled, including Wilson. An officer forcibly arrested him about a block away. Officers later found Buffington's personal property in the trunk of the automobile. The jury convicted Wilson of burglary and misdemeanor resisting a…