People v. Kroupa CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

On a Friday morning in April 2018, defendant was a 51- year-old man who had been recently released from incarceration and was walking from Madera to Fresno, California. He approached the side door of the mobile home owned by 66-year- old Linda Bosch (Bosch). Bosch saw him, and asked him if he was lost and needed any help. Defendant ignored her questions and continued toward the side door. Bosch told him not to “come any further” because she did not “know [him],” but defendant again ignored her, walked into her mobile home, and pushed Bosch out of his way after she told him not to “come in[side].” Over the next several hours, defendant proceeded to make himself at home in Bosch’s mobile home. He helped himself to cereal and carved up a chicken. He used—and clogged up—her

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2 toilet. He went through her medicine cabinet and her purse. He left his dirty clothes strewn on the ground. He took a shower. He went through her clothes, and even put on a pair of sweatpants. And then he took a nap on her sofa. By the time he was done, Bosch’s home was…