People v. Jackson CA1/1

Filed 12/8/25 P. v. Jackson CA1/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A170343 v. JAYLYN DEMETRIUS JACKSON, (City and County of San Francisco Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CRI23016963)

A jury found Jaylyn Demetrius Jackson guilty of second degree commercial burglary and related offenses after he forced his way into an office building and loaded a backpack with laptops and other electronics. He claims the trial court prejudicially erred by admitting evidence that he stole electronics from two other office buildings to prove intent. (Evid. Code, § 1101, subd. (b).)1 We disagree, and affirm the judgment. However, we order that the commitment document be corrected to reflect that the sentences for the nonburglary convictions were stayed pursuant to Penal Code section 654.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Evidence Code.

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I. BACKGROUND On a Sunday in 2023, Jackson entered the San Francisco office of Aurora Innovation (“Aurora”), a “self-driving truck company,” without permission. He testified that he pulled on the front door and felt that it had “some give,” then simply “yanked it” open and entered. He went upstairs and took water, snacks, and sanitizer wipes from a kitchenette. Then he “snooped around” and “looked in a couple of drawers.” He went to all five floors of the building and “didn’t see anybody around.” Jackson was in the building for about two and a half hours. Surveillance video showed him “going through desks, looking in common spaces, testing doors,” and at one point “attempt[ing] to use an access control badge to gain access to another secure space.” Eventually, he took a backpack from an employee’s desk, which he loaded with three employees’ laptops and some audio equipment. He left the backpack on the third floor, where officers later recovered it. Officers responded to a call regarding a possible burglary or trespass at Aurora’s office shortly after 5:00 o’clock that afternoon, but left when they could not gain entry to the building or contact anyone who could let them in. The officers responded to a second call concerning the building about an hour and a half later. After they arrived in their patrol vehicle, one of the officers saw Jackson through a second-story window, “quickly dart[ing] back into the building.” He briefly saw Jackson again near a third-floor window. After some time, an Aurora employee arrived to let the officers in. They found Jackson on a fifth-floor balcony “behind a planter box.” He was lying face down in “a very narrow area,” “wedged between” the planter box and a banister. His body was “large for that space,” so it “took some time to get him out.” After the officers “were able to extract him,” Jackson claimed