In re Yobani R. CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The appellant’s opening brief contains an accurate summary of the facts of the offenses. We will incorporate the statement here for convenience. “A. The Prosecution Evidence. “On June 30, 2021, Escondido police officer Andrew Maxwell went to Central Elementary School in Escondido in response to a report of a fire. Maxwell saw a large plume of smoke. There was a large fire on the school grounds. The Fire Department arrived and extinguished the flames. “Officer Matthew Nelson of the City of Escondido Police Department was an arson investigator. Nelson and his partner went to the school. Nelson saw smoldering debris in the area of the playground. The debris was the remains of a child’s play structure. A school employee provided video surveillance recordings. A still photograph from the video surveillance

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 recordings showed two individuals. The still photograph was sent out to other officers for identification. Nelson received a short time later a communication from a sergeant that two subjects who were skateboarding had been detained in front of City Hall. “Nelson drove to…