Wednesday, July 19, 2023

People v. Session (Cal. Ct. App. - July 19, 2023)

Keandre Session and some confederates apparently drove to various high-end homes to commit burglaries. According to the opinion, it appears that they stole things like Rolex watches, Gucci handbags, and the like from homes in Manhattan Beach, Redlands, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, and Corona. 

Those are far-flung locations, no?

Indeed, on December 20, 2019, Mr. Session and his confederates were in Yorba Linda (100 yards from the scene of the Yorba Linda burglary on November 21) and then, later that same day, burglarized a home in Poway, which is a suburban community in San Diego. (They were caught after a high speed chase.)

This is a ton of travel.

Strangely enough, the opinion also mentions that Mr. Session was a member of the PJ Watts Crips gang, which (as its name reflects) is based out of Watts.

So people apparently travel quite a distance to steal from higher-end residential properties.

Last mention: I did not know until today's opinion that if you're on parole, that means that not only are you subject to warrantless searches of your home, but it means that -- like here -- the police can secretly put a GPS locator on your car.

All super interesting stuff to know, eh?

(I might also mention that several of the victims of these higher-end burglaries had security systems or Ring cameras or similar deterrents. Didn't matter.)