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The California Public Defenders Association presentsRacial Justice WebinarMarch 2428 2025Live Stream Program CoordinatorsEvan Kuluk Deputy Alternate Public Defender Contra Costa CountyGraciela Martinez Assistant Public DefenderLos Angeles County Public Defender Case Digests The Weeks Cases THE WEEKS CASES for the week ending March 21 2025 by Al Menaster Deputy Public Defender Los Angeles County Public Defenders Office. BREAKING EXTERNAL LOCKS ON A TRUCK QUALIFIES AS AUTO BURGLARYAuto burglary PC 459 makes it a crime to gain entry to a locked vehicle with the intent to commit theft. In Toomes 148 CA2d 465 the defendant broke open the trunk lock to open the trunk. The CA held that the trunk lock was equivalent to a door and so upheld a conviction for auto burglary.