What Sentences Are Imposed for Residential Burglary in Los Angeles?
Six reported defendant outcomes belong to three selected burglary prosecution clusters, not six independent cases. Four Pacific Palisades co-defendants received totals of five, nine, ten and eighteen years after burglary/theft pleas and prior admissions. Johnson’s seven-year outcome includes two homes and a gang allegation. Martinez’s six-year high burglary term is separately supported by a 2016 appellate opinion that also records his kidnapping acquittal. These distinct scopes do not establish a citywide or clean burglary-only range.
Quick Answer
- Reported defendant outcomes: 6
- Reported prosecution clusters: 3
- Outcome type: state prison
- Source-described areas: Pacific Palisades, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, and Northridge
- Key limitation: most totals include another count, allegation, or prior-conviction effect
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What Is Residential Burglary in California?
Penal Code §459 defines burglary as entering a listed structure or other covered place with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony. Under §460, burglary of an inhabited dwelling or inhabited portion of a building is first-degree burglary. “Inhabited” refers to current use for dwelling purposes and does not necessarily mean a person was physically present at that moment.
Statutory Sentence
Penal Code §461 states that first-degree burglary is punishable by two, four, or six years in state prison. Prior serious or violent felony convictions, additional counts, enhancements, and other sentencing provisions can produce a longer final term. The statutory triad is separate from the observed case totals below.
Reported Outcomes
| Defendant | Los Angeles location | Disposition | Reported sentence scope | Allocation note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chivetta Overstreet | June 8, 2015, 800 block Orea Place, described as Pacific Palisades | Open plea to first-degree residential burglary and grand theft; admitted firearm-related priors | 5 years in state prison | Combined case outcome; no burglary-only allocation stated |
| Daniel Martinez | March 27, 2013 Northridge home incident; precise point unverified | Convicted of first-degree burglary with a person present | 6 years in state prison | Burglary conviction stated separately |
| Ryeheem Evans Johnson | March 29, 2012: 4300 block Hazeltine Avenue in Van Nuys and a North Hollywood home | No-contest plea to the burglaries; admitted a gang allegation | 7 years in state prison | Includes allegation and two homes |
| Everald Fisher Jr. | Pacific Palisades | Open plea to residential burglary and grand theft; admitted a prior robbery conviction | 9 years in state prison | Combined outcome; also pleaded in a separate burglary case |
| Elanee Jarrett | Pacific Palisades | Open plea to residential burglary and grand theft; admitted a prior burglary conviction | 10 years in state prison | Combined case outcome |
| Donte Caldwell | Pacific Palisades | Open plea to residential burglary and grand theft; admitted a prior burglary conviction | 18 years in state prison | Combined case outcome |
Case Details
Pacific Palisades prosecution: The September 20, 2016 release reports the preceding day’s pleas/sentences in SA090598: Caldwell eighteen years, Jarrett ten, Fisher nine and Overstreet five. All four pleaded to burglary and grand theft and admitted reported priors; four defendants remain one cluster. Fisher’s separate SA090907 plea has no independently allocated sentence in this source. Overstreet’s BA446397 charge was unresolved as of that release, not another verified imposed outcome.
Daniel Martinez: The October 22, 2015 release reports his six-year burglary sentence in PA076500 separately from Summers’s much longer sentence. The June 22, 2016 opinion, B260141, court text hosted by CaseMine, records the first-degree-burglary/person-present finding, kidnapping acquittal, denial of probation and six-year high term, and affirms the judgment. The co-defendant’s kidnapping/sex-offense sentence is not attributed to Martinez.
Ryeheem Evans Johnson: The May 8, 2013 release reports that day’s plea, admitted gang allegation and immediate seven-year sentence. The second admitted home burglary is not a separate independently allocated result. His Reseda arrest does not establish the point of the admitted burglary. A later same-name San Diego prosecution found in research is not treated as a modification or new qualifying Los Angeles outcome.
Why Outcomes Differ
Prior strike or serious-felony convictions, number of homes, whether a person was present, additional theft counts, gang allegations, plea structure, and consecutive terms can change the total. The higher totals in this sample should not be mistaken for the ordinary two-four-six statutory triad standing alone.
Methodology
Three reported prosecution clusters support six distinct defendant rows. Same-case defendants remain useful separate comparisons without meeting the independent-case threshold multiple times. A neighborhood/agency address is not independent municipal certification; original allocations, exhaustive later review and case-specific historical qualification remain incomplete. Three full relevant agency releases and the Martinez court-copy charge/verdict/sentence/disposition passages were actually read September 28, 2026. Current sections 459–461 were read as background; section 459’s January 2026 amendment is not automatically applied to the older cases.
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Disclaimer
General information only, not legal advice. California burglary sentencing depends on the conviction, record, allegations, plea, and facts.