People v. Buchanan CA1/4

I.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant was convicted by a jury of first degree residential burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (a)); evading a police officer (Veh. Code, § 2800.2); and grand theft of personal property (Pen. Code, § 487). The trial court sentenced appellant to nine years in state prison and also ordered him to pay a $500 fine to the public defender’s office as reimbursement for attorney fees. Appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting hearsay evidence at trial. He also contends that the attorney fee reimbursement order was improper and that he was erroneously denied presentence conduct credits. We affirm the judgment, but reverse the attorney fee order and remand this case for the trial court to correct its sentencing errors.

II.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On May 1, 2012, Christy Jensen left her Walnut Creek home at around 10:00 a.m. to run errands. When she returned an hour and a half later, a white Honda was parked near her driveway and a man was standing at her front door. Jensen slowed down in front of her house and the man turned around and looked at her. Instead of pulling into her garage, Jensen drove past her house, parked on the…