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INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted defendant Ivan Quiroz of burglary (Pen. Code, § 459), finding the burglary was in the first degree because defendant entered an inhabited dwelling with the intent to commit larceny.1 Quiroz was sentenced to the upper term of six years in state prison. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court erred by admitting testimony by a fingerprint expert that her analysis had been verified by two other forensic analysts in her laboratory, in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to confront adverse witnesses. Because we conclude any error in admitting the testimony was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Claudia Sanchez and her four children came to Southern California for vacation, arriving in Long Beach the morning of November 4, 2010. She checked into the Hotel Current, room 127, a corner, ground floor room with two beds and a bathroom. She was given two keycards, which she kept in her possession. The bathroom window faced the parking lot behind the hotel where her car was parked. The family put their luggage in the room, had breakfast, and at around 10:00 a.m. they prepared to leave for Disneyland.…