People v. Rocha

Opinion

RUSHING, P. J.

A jury convicted defendant Manuel Alfred Rocha of residential burglary and interfering with a police officer based on evidence that he entered a homeowner’s garage and carried away an impact wrench belonging to the homeowner. On appeal his chief contention is that the court erred in admitting evidence of a 2009 burglary, also of a residential garage, to show that defendant committed the present burglary with the requisite larcenous intent. Defendant contends that the circumstances of the earlier burglary were too dissimilar from the charged offense for it to possess…