People v. Dixon CA2/6

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On the night of December 24, 2020, Gissel Jacobo was in her apartment on San Jose Street when she saw two men (later identified as appellant and codefendant Willie Dean Outland) exit a vehicle that was parked across the street in the alley behind a donut shop. The two men then walked around the building. Appellant was holding a crowbar and was hitting power boxes. Outland subsequently got into the driver’s seat of the vehicle, appellant got into the passenger seat, and the vehicle drove down the alleyway with its lights off. A short time later, Jacobo heard a window breaking and saw appellant enter the donut shop. Outland was standing outside their vehicle, which was now parked on the street. Jacobo called the police, who arrived and detained both appellant and Outland. The donut shop’s video surveillance cameras showed appellant breaking the window while wearing gloves and a beanie, entering the shop, and going to the cash register which only contained change due to prior break-ins. The video also showed appellant holding the donut shop owner’s iPad and rummaging through the shop’s cabinets and employee lockers. Appellant’s gloves, beanie, and the crowbar he…