People v. Chandler

Introduction

Lionel Chandler appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction by a jury of burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) and the finding, after a court trial, that he suffered a prior conviction of burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) within the meaning of Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b), and a prior conviction of attempted robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 664/211) within the meaning of Penal Code section 667, subdivision (a). We affirm the judgment.

Facts

The People’s Case

Appellant properly does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence which reveals that on January 5, 1985, Madree Handley observed appellant *203 trying to enter the Los Angeles home of her neighbor, Roy Wright. Madree alerted her daughter, Terrie Handley, who saw tennis shoes going through the back door window of Wright’s house. Terrie called another neighbor, Harold Lone, who responded with an unloaded shotgun. As Lone approached the back door of Wright’s house he saw clothes fly out the window and land on the porch. Lone ordered appellant to stick his head out of the window and then dragged him out of the house. Appellant tried to run but was caught by Lone who struggled with appellant until…