People v. Revoredo CA4/1

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedDecember 11, 2015
DocketD066707
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 12/11/15 P. v. Revoredo CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D066707

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD249091)

RONNIE REVOREDO,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Kenneth

K. So, Judge. Affirmed as modified.

Theresa Osterman Stevenson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Quon, Jr., and Anthony

Da Silva, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. In May 2014, a jury found Ronnie Revoredo guilty of burglary (Pen. Code,

§ 459)1 of an inhabited building (§ 460) while another person, other than an accomplice,

was present (§ 667.5, subd. (c)(21)) (count 1) and indecent exposure in an inhabited

building (§ 314) (count 2). In July, the court suspended imposition of sentence and

placed Revoredo on four years' probation. Revoredo appeals, contending the evidence is

insufficient to identify him as the perpetrator of the crimes and the probation condition

requiring him to submit to periodic polygraph examinations, with the results released to

the probation department, is overbroad and violates the Fifth Amendment. We agree the

probation condition violates the Fifth Amendment.

I

THE PEOPLE'S CASE

In August 2012, L.P., a graduate student, and her mother, Madelyn P., lived in a

ground floor, one bedroom apartment at First Avenue and Nutmeg Street in Bankers Hill.

Madelyn slept in the bedroom on a king-sized bed. L.P. usually slept on a hide-a-bed

sofa in the living room. Above the hide-a-bed was a large window facing First Avenue,

flanked by two smaller windows. In hot weather, L.P. and Madelyn left the smaller

windows ajar and pulled back the window blinds to promote air flow into the room.

There was no air conditioning in the apartment.

In August 2012, the weather was hot and humid. On the night of August 12, L.P.

slept in Madelyn's bedroom, where it was cooler. L.P. went to bed around 11:00 or 11:15

1 Further statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 p.m. and fell asleep around 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. Madelyn went to bed around midnight.

She slept on the left side of the bed. L.P. slept on the right side of the bed, about one or

one-and-one-half feet from the window. Both women fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2012, L.P. awoke to use the restroom.

The clock by her bedside read 3:32 a.m.; it was 10 minutes fast. A streetlight and an

outside security light admitted considerable light into the room, even though the blinds

were closed. It was "pretty bright" in the room.

L.P. rolled to her right to get out of bed. She saw a man, who she later identified

as Revoredo, standing over her and against the bed. He was a few inches away, facing

her and positioned just below her waist. He was masturbating. L.P. saw the shape of

what she thought was his penis, with his hand around the shaft. She noticed a white t-

shirt, shorts that appeared to be blue plaid, gold-rimmed glasses and short hair that was "a

little bit spiky." She assumed Revoredo's zipper was down because his pants "weren't

down around his ankles." Light was cast around him, "like backlighting." L.P. had never

seen Revoredo before.

L.P. was half asleep and in shock. She asked, "Who are you?" Revoredo grabbed

her right arm with his left hand and held her arm down. He said, "Don't move." L.P.

yanked her arm away. Revoredo grabbed it again and repeated, "Don't move." L.P. used

her hand to pry one of his fingers back. He released her arm. L.P. said, "Mom, there's a

guy in the room." L.P. grabbed a pillow and hit Revoredo with it, trying to push him

away. There was no room for her to move because the bed was so close to the wall.

3 Madelyn, who was sleeping on her left side, awoke when she felt movement in the

bed behind her. She had difficulty moving because she had "an artificial hip and another

bad one." As she started to turn over to see what was happening, she heard L.P. say,

"Mother, there's a man in . . . the room." Madelyn started to sit up and saw the man

standing against the bed, by L.P.'s torso. The man was silhouetted by the light coming

through the blinds. Madelyn was focused on getting out of bed and getting the man away

from L.P. Madelyn was not able to get "a good look at [his] facial features," but did

notice he had short hair and was of stocky build. She also noticed he was "[n]ot really

tall," about five feet eight or nine inches tall. The man was wearing a t-shirt or men's

undershirt.

As Madelyn started to get up, she hear L.P. say, "Oh, God, Mom, he's

masturbating." Madelyn got out of bed as quickly as she could, given her physical

limitations, and screamed, "Get the F out of here. I'm calling the police." The man

moved away from L.P. and started to walk quickly around the bed and out of the room.

By the time Madelyn made it out of bed, the man had reached the foot of the bed, on

Madelyn's side, near the bedroom door. As he left the room, with Madelyn four or five

feet behind him, she caught a glimpse of his profile, the closest she had come to seeing

his face. Although there was not much light in that spot, Madelyn saw the man had a flat,

small nose. She also saw "a glint of glasses, maybe wire-rim glasses . . . ." Madelyn did

not see the man's face well enough to identify him.

Madelyn followed the man through the hall, toward the living room. He left the

house, "going quite fast." During that time, L.P. had remained in the bedroom, sitting on

4 the bed, concerned Revoredo might have a weapon. After about 30 seconds, L.P.

regained her composure and followed Madelyn. Each paused to make sure the other was

okay. By the time they reached the living room and passed the entertainment center, the

man was gone. The front door was wide open. Madelyn stepped outside but did not see

the man.

Madelyn and L.P. discovered L.P.'s cell phone had been disconnected from the

charger on the dining room table and was missing. The dining room window, facing

Nutmeg Street, was wide open, although Madelyn and L.P. had left it open only about

three inches. The window screen was missing. The cordless land line telephone had

been unplugged and was missing. The dining room was full of bags of clothing Madelyn

and L.P. planned to donate; they found the cordless telephone in a bag of clothing. They

were shaking and in shock and this process took about 10 minutes. They connected the

telephone and called 911 at about 3:40 a.m. L.P.'s cell phone was never found.

Police officers received L.P. and Madelyn's 911 call shortly after 3:30 a.m. on

August 13, 2012, and arrived at the apartment soon after. L.P. described the intruder as

White, 30 to 40 years old, five foot seven to five foot nine inches tall, of stocky build,

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