People v. Burton CA3

BACKGROUND

Celeste Sanchez’s silver Pontiac was taken from her apartment complex parking lot in Stockton on December 26, 2011.1 She may have left a spare key in her car. Sanchez did not give anyone permission to take her car. Jagbir Sandhu was sitting in his pickup truck, on the driveway of his house in Stockton, at around 7:00 a.m. on December 28, waiting for his employee Jatinder Kumar to arrive, when he noticed a silver car park behind his truck. Sandhu saw a man exit from

1 All dates refer to 2011 unless otherwise indicated.

2 the driver’s side of the silver car. That man put a gun to Sandhu’s ear and ordered Sandhu to roll down the passenger’s side window of the truck. Fearing for his life, Sandhu complied. A second man stood at the passenger side of the truck. That man did not have a gun. The gunman said he was going to rob Sandhu. He asked if Sandhu had any gold on him. Sandhu responded no. The gunman hit Sandhu with the butt of his gun, causing Sandhu to bleed. The second man hit Sandhu’s head six or seven times. The gunman took Sandhu’s cell phone, wallet, and watch, as his cohort took three computers and other items from the back seat of Sandhu’s truck. The robbers…