P. v. Stanfield CA4/3
On a dark, windy morning in March 2016, police found 25-year-old Johnathon Stanfield in the backyard of a house in Orange, crouching by the downstairs master bedroom French doors. He was wearing dark clothes and gloves. He was arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary.
His defense was that he was riding his bicycle back from his girlfriend’s house that morning when two thugs approached him and said they were going to take his bike. He panicked, threw his bicycle at them, and ran to hide. In his desperation he made his way to the backyard where he was found.
When police found Stanfield he had no burglary tools. In fact he had nothing with which to carry off any loot. Nor were his fingerprints found on the lever to the door of the master bedroom. Nevertheless, he was convicted of attempted burglary, and given probation.
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