People v. Campbell CA4/2

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Defendant rented a room in a Hesperia apartment from Delois Young for about

two months. Tammy Kent was Young’s daughter. Also sharing the two-bedroom

apartment were four other people: Young’s other daughter, Miracle, and three children,

All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless stated otherwise.

Count 1 for residential burglary (§ 459) was dismissed.

2 including Kent’s six-year-old son. Defendant was angry about the lack of privacy and

complained that Young got on his nerves.

On March 31, 2013, defendant spent the day and evening with Kent and her

boyfriend, Trayvon Matthews. The trio had intended to attend a barbeque at the home of

Kent’s friend, Marquita, but the event had been canceled. At close to midnight, Kent and

Matthews drove defendant back to Young’s apartment complex. While defendant sat in

the back seat, Kent sat in the front passenger seat. They were talking while Matthews

reclined in the driver’s seat with a jacket over his face.

Kent insisted defendant needed to leave the car and enter the apartment but

defendant continued “talking and talking.” Defendant was mad about Marquita canceling

the barbeque because he…