P. v. Sanchez CA2/2

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedJune 25, 2013
DocketB230260A
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 6/25/13 P. v. Sanchez CA2/2 Opinion following remand from Supreme Court NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE, B230260

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA342179) v.

MARCOS SANCHEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Lance A. Ito, Judge. Affirmed with directions.

Allen G. Weinberg, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven E. Mercer and Kathy S. Pomerantz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________ This case is before us on remand from the California Supreme Court. Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s instructions, we have vacated our previous opinion in this case and reconsidered the cause in light of Miller v. Alabama (2012) 567 U.S. __ [132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407] (Miller). We conclude that the outcome remains the same. INTRODUCTION Appellant Marcos Sanchez appeals from the judgment following a trial by jury in which he was convicted of first degree murder in violation of Penal Code section 187, subdivision (a)1 (count 1), and conspiracy to commit murder in violation of section 182, subdivision (a) (count 2). The jury found true the firearm allegations that a principal personally used a firearm (§ 12022.53, subds. (b), (e)), personally and intentionally discharged a firearm (§ 12022.53, subds. (c), (e)), and did so causing death (§ 12022.53, subds. (d), (e)). The jury also found true the criminal street gang allegation (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)). The trial court sentenced appellant to a mandatory term of 50 years to life in state prison, calculated as 25 years to life on count 1, plus a consecutive term of 25 years to life for the firearm allegation that a principal personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing death. The court imposed the same sentence on count 2, which was stayed pursuant to section 654. The court also imposed a 10-year sentence on the gang finding, but stayed the sentence in order to impose the increased sentence on the firearm enhancement. The court awarded appellant 998 days of actual custody credit and ordered him to pay $6,382.17 to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board jointly and severally with his codefendant. Appellant contends (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for conspiracy to commit murder, (2) his sentence was cruel and unusual in light of his young age of 16 years and eight days, and (3) modifications must be made to the abstract of judgment. We previously agreed that modifications must be made to the abstract of

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 judgment, but otherwise affirmed the judgment. On reconsideration of appellant’s case in light of Miller, we affirm the judgment. The opinion we now file presents a revised analysis of the second issue (cruel and unusual punishment), but is generally the same as our original opinion regarding the remaining issues and the factual summary. FACTS Prosecution Evidence On the evening of March 13, 2008, Jorge G. (Jorge) and some friends were standing outside his apartment on 80th Street in Los Angeles when Jorge saw appellant, whom he recognized as a student at his high school. Jorge had once seen appellant fighting at school and heard him claim to be a member of the “Southgate Bay 13” gang. Appellant approached the group with a much shorter male, who was later identified as Pedro R. (Pedro). Both appellant and Pedro were wearing hooded sweatshirts and Jorge testified they had the hoods over their heads. Jorge heard Pedro say that he and appellant “were about to do something” and “about [to] kill somebody.”2 Appellant was wearing a “doctor glove” on his right hand, and had a gun in his waistband. Appellant held the gun “once in awhile.” When a car passed by, appellant put his hand on the gun. Pedro’s hands were concealed. Jorge and his friends eventually went inside the apartment and heard a “shot.” They went back outside and saw a body lying on the ground near Towne Avenue. When the police first interviewed Jorge six months later on November 6, 2008, he did not identify appellant or Pedro from photographic six-packs. Jorge did identify appellant at the preliminary hearing on November 13, 2008. Angie R., who was standing outside with Jorge on the night of the murder, identified appellant at a field show up later that night. She also identified appellant from a photographic six-pack, and identified him in court. Angie R. confirmed that appellant was wearing a plastic “doctor’s” glove. She admitted testifying at the preliminary hearing that she saw appellant and Pedro walking up and down the street, looking at the

2 On cross-examination, Jorge testified Pedro said he was “going to blast someone.” 3 victim’s house. While she could not recall having testified at the preliminary hearing that appellant said he was “waiting for the other guy to come out so he could shoot him,” in her recorded police interview played for the jury she stated that appellant “started talking to me, you know, about that he was going to shoot him . . . .” Crystal C., who was also standing outside on the night of the murder, identified appellant in court, and said she had “seen him around” and at school. Her cousin Danny and appellant were friends, and she and Pedro were friends. On the night of the murder, Crystal C. saw appellant and Pedro walking on 80th Street. She identified appellant and Pedro in photographic six-packs shown to her by the police. With respect to appellant’s photograph, Crystal C. wrote, “I seen him on the day they kill that man. That he was taking a log [sic] time to come outside to shot [sic] him.” While she testified at trial that what she had written was not true, she admitted telling the police that appellant said he was going to shoot the victim, “that guy from the corner,” and it was taking a long time for him to come outside. The victim, 18-year-old Ricardo R. (Ricardo), was a member of the Kansas Street gang. On the night of the murder, his sister Kelley R. (Kelley) was standing outside her house with a friend and Ricardo. She saw appellant and Pedro passing in front of her house “over and over.” She identified appellant in court and testified that she had seen him the day before the murder. She recognized Pedro because he had fought with her brother two days earlier. At some point, appellant and Pedro stopped walking and stood next to a tree near the corner of the street. Ricardo was leaning against a brick wall when “out of nowhere,” he got shot in the head. Kelley identified appellant in a field show up later that night and was “sure” it was him. While she could not identify appellant in a photographic six-pack shown to her some time after the murder, she did identify appellant at the preliminary hearing. She also identified Pedro from a photographic six- pack. Ricardo’s autopsy results showed that he suffered a “through and through” gunshot to his head. According to the medical examiner, a bullet shot from a short

4 distance has a better chance of exiting the victim’s body. The medical examiner opined that a .357 Magnum could propel a bullet through someone’s head if the range of fire was not far away.

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