Jenkins

People v. Jenkins

Good Law
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 12, 2021G059110California6,132 words

Opinion

Opinion

FACTS

I. Substantive Facts

Husband and Wife were home around 7:30 a.m., when the alarm sounded on their 2010 Nissan Sentra parked in their driveway. About the same time, they were alerted to movement outside their home through a smartphone application connected to a security camera mounted above their garage. Wife looked outside and saw Jenkins standing between their two cars. She told Husband what she saw and that it appeared Jenkins went into their garage. Husband grabbed a piece of wood and went outside to confront him. He found Jenkins searching through the refrigerator in the garage. Husband banged his wooden stick on the ground to get Jenkins’s attention and told Jenkins to

All further statutory references are to the Evidence Code, unless otherwise indicated.

2 leave. Jenkins was carrying a backpack, and Husband noticed a hammer sticking partially out of it. Jenkins shoved the hammer into his backpack and walked out of the garage. Although Husband did not see Jenkins take anything from the garage, he later realized a plastic container with coins was missing. As Jenkins was walking toward the street, Husband noticed the driver’s side window of their Nissan…

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