Opinion ID: 1355586
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Heading: Residential Burglaries.

Text: In the jury's presence the trial court took judicial notice that in 1982 defendant entered pleas of guilty to two counts of residential burglary, resulting in a prison sentence. Relying on People v. Jackson (1985) 37 Cal.3d 826 [210 Cal. Rptr. 623, 694 P.2d 736] and People v. Alfaro (1986) 42 Cal.3d 627 [230 Cal. Rptr. 129, 724 P.2d 1154], defendant argues the court erred in characterizing the second degree burglary convictions as residential, since at the time they were entered residential burglary was not a specific, discrete offense. Jackson and Alfaro established that in proving a prior conviction was a serious felony for the purpose of the five-year enhancement under sections 667 and 1192.7, the prosecution could not go beyond the record of conviction to prove some fact that was not an element of the crime. ( Alfaro, supra, 42 Cal.3d at p. 636.) However, in People v. Guerrero (1988) 44 Cal.3d 343 [243 Cal. Rptr. 688, 748 P.2d 1150] we overruled Jackson and Alfaro and held that in determining the truth of a prior-conviction allegation for the purpose of section 667 enhancements, the trier of fact may look to the entire record of the conviction. ( Id., at p. 355.) In the instant case the court had the file of defendant's burglary convictions before it when it took judicial notice of their residential nature. There was no error.