People v. Preciado

Opinion

CROSBY, J.

Ruben Felix Preciado has, it appears, selected a career. He was found guilty of first degree burglary with four similar prior convictions and sentenced to twenty-four years in prison. Defendant claims insufficient evidence supports the conviction or, failing that argument, it must be reduced to the second degree because the jury failed to specify the degree of the burglary. We think not.1

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Preciado left his fingerprint on a wristwatch box found in a burgled Fountain Valley condominium. The owner did not know him; the box, which held a watch the victim received as a gift 18…