People v. Blanco CA5

FACTS

The Substantive Offenses On March 25, 2012, at 5:34 p.m., Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy James Lyman responded to a residence on Jensen Avenue after receiving a dispatch that the garage sensor of an alarm was activated there. While inspecting the garage, Deputy Lyman saw Blanco standing in the backyard. He drew his gun and commanded Blanco to stop and get on the ground but Blanco ran out of the yard. Deputy Lyman chased Blanco into a field where Blanco was eventually taken into custody with the help of a police canine. During a postcustody search, Deputy Lyman found coins, jewelry, pins, a necklace, and a

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2. harmonica in Blanco’s pockets. He also found a silver loop earring in an area where he had seen Blanco throw something. Deputy Lyman inspected the house and found the window on the back door broken, the interior of the house ransacked, and a bicycle leaning against the side of the house. Jayne Shapazian, whose mother lived at the house, arrived on the scene soon after Blanco was taken into custody and identified the items found in Blanco’s pockets as property taken from the house. Blanco testified he was…