People v. Brooks CA3

FACTS

On December 21, 2011, Greg Canterbury was working as a mechanic at Big K Tires on Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento. Canterbury also leased space from Big K’s owner, Gerald Bean, to work on additional vehicles. Defendant’s car was one such “side job.” Around 6:00 p.m., while Canterbury was working on a vehicle for one of Big K’s customers, defendant arrived and was “upset” because of the “lack of work being done on his vehicle.” Canterbury explained to defendant that he would work on his car later that night. Defendant left. Canterbury then went to dinner with a girlfriend, Carrie Zebley, and one of her friends. They left for dinner in one of Bean’s vehicles, leaving Zebley’s truck parked at Big K. When they returned from dinner a couple of hours later, they found the windshield of Zebley’s truck had been smashed. The windshield of another customer’s vehicle was also smashed. A bent steel pipe that appeared to match the damage done to both vehicles was on the ground next to Zebley’s truck. Canterbury asked Bean about the vandalism, who “threw his hands up and said it was [defendant].” About five minutes later, defendant returned to Big K. Canterbury confronted defendant,…