People v. DeLeon CA1/2

BACKGROUND

The General Setting Defendant was born in 1975, in Guatemala City. After moving to the United States, he finally settled in Hayward. In 2003, when he was 28, he began a relationship with Cristiana, a 48-year-old woman who had seven children and several grandchildren. Defendant and Cristiana moved into her house on San Bruno Avenue in San Francisco (the house), occupying a bedroom on the second floor. In 2006, they married, and defendant was at times below, and is in the briefing here, referred to as the “step-grandparent.” Over the years, defendant made some improvements to the house, which enabled some of Christiana’s children to live there as well. One of those children was Sitti Mejia, who moved there with her husband Sean and their two children, a son Cristian, born in 2002, and a daughter S.M., born in 2004; a third child, a daughter, C.M., was born in 2008. Sitti, Sean, and the girls lived in an “in-law unit” inside the garage, which had a “living room of sorts” with a couch. Cristian lived in a separate room in the backyard. Cristiana’s son Andrew also lived in the house, occupying another upstairs bedroom. Andrew had a daughter, S.A., who lived with her mother…