People v. Parrish CA3

BACKGROUND

Preliminary Hearing Testimony As relevant to the restitution issue on appeal, the testimony elicited at defendant’s preliminary hearing elicited the following facts: On October 10, 2014, the victim left her home at 7:00 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., a witness saw defendant and a man leaving the victim’s yard. When the witness approached them, the man fled on a bicycle and defendant fled on foot. There was no testimony that either was seen carrying anything. West Sacramento Police Officer Lewis Cameron arrived at the victim’s home and found the back door open. Outside the house, he found a hair dryer, a computer speaker, a box cutter, a duffel bag full of property, and jewelry. The victim found her home ransacked and several items missing including a television, camera, speakers, external computer hard drive, DVD player, car stereo, additional electronic items, clothes, and jewelry. She noted that her kitchen window was open and the screen was on the ground.

2 The police had already been looking for defendant in an unrelated matter. Once they realized she matched the description of the woman seen leaving the victim’s yard, they found her on foot approximately half a mile from…