People v. Nava CA2/1

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedMay 28, 2015
DocketB255719
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 5/28/15 P. v. Nava CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 ONE

THE PEOPLE, B255719

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA076141) v.

ERNESTO NAVA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Cynthia L. Ulfig, Judge. Affirmed; remanded for resentencing. Orly Ahrony, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Idan Ivri, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. —————————— Defendant was convicted of one count of assault with a firearm (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)),1 one count of criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a)), one count of second degree robbery (§ 211), one count of possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1)), and one count of possession of ammunition (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1)). The jury found true the allegation that defendant personally used a firearm to commit the assault, robbery, and criminal threat counts (§ 12022.5, subds. (a), (d)). On appeal, defendant contends (1) admission of a 911 call transcript violated his Confrontation Clause rights; (2) insufficient evidence supports his convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats; and (3) the trial court improperly imposed the five-year sentence enhancement under section 667, subdivision (a)(1) to more than one determinate term. We affirm defendant’s convictions, and remand for sentencing on counts 3, 4, and 5. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Defendant was charged in an information with one count of assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a); count 3), one count of criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a); count 4), one count of second degree robbery (§ 211; count 5), one count of possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1); count 6), and one count of possession of ammunition (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1); count 7). The information further alleged as to counts 3, 4 and 5 that defendant personally used a firearm (§ 12022.5, subds. (a), (d)), as to counts 4 and 5 that defendant personally used a firearm (12022.53, subd. (b)), that defendant had one prior felony conviction pursuant to section 667, subd. (a)(1), one prior strike conviction pursuant to section 667, subdivisions (a)–(i) and section 1170.12, subdivisions (a)–(d).2 On February 23, 2013, at 7:28 p.m., 911 dispatch received a phone call from “Olivia,” who stated that defendant, her son, had gotten mad, taken the keys to her truck, and driven off with his young daughter. Olivia reported that defendant was drunk.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2Counts 1 and 2, which related to a 911 call defendant’s mother made as discussed below, were dismissed at the preliminary hearing.

2 Defendant had a gun. The 911 operator told Olivia to hold on, and that she would be sending over an officer to Olivia’s address at 15403 Sherman Way. The car defendant was driving was a black Yukon.3 A redacted tape of the 911 call was played for the jury. Counts 3 and 4. On February 23, 2013, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Carlos Garcia was working in the area of defendant’s mother’s apartment complex on Sherman Way, as a Pizza Hut delivery person. He was wearing a Pizza Hut hat. He stopped at an apartment complex and was unable to get in until a girl between six and eight years opened the gate. She was with defendant. Defendant attempted to grab the pizza from Garcia. Defendant pointed a gun at Garcia and stated he was going to kill him. Defendant fired the gun, but nothing happened. Defendant hit Garcia on the head with the gun. Garcia bent down and tried to run, and was able to run between some cars. After about five minutes, defendant left in a black truck that might have been a Tahoe or a Yukon. Garcia went back to his employer’s location, and the police were called. Garcia spoke to four or six policemen, and provided a description of a male Hispanic between 20 to 30 years old. Sometime later, Garcia identified defendant, who was in custody, at an interview and identified him at the preliminary hearing, but Garcia did not identify defendant at trial. Garcia did not attend a lineup, nor was he shown a photo array. Counts 5 and 6. On February 23, 2013, Carlos Ibarra worked for Domino’s Pizza as a delivery driver. About 7:50 p.m., he made a delivery at Glenoaks Boulevard near Van Nuys Boulevard. Ibarra was in the parking lot of the apartment complex when defendant, who had been standing near a truck, approached him. Defendant was wearing a gray hoodie. Defendant said something to Ibarra, who did not hear him, and defendant pulled out a gun and said, “What? You heard.” Defendant told Ibarra to put the pizza on the trunk of Ibarra’s car, and told him to put the money with the pizza. Ibarra had $30 on him. Defendant took everything and walked away. Ibarra called his employer, who

3 The trial court redacted the 911 call to omit Olivia’s statement that defendant had fired the gun and/or shot it in the air.

3 called 911. Ibarra provided a description of a male Hispanic in a gray hoodie, and identified defendant in court. Ibarra also identified the gun used during the robbery. Officer Casey Szabo of the Los Angeles Police Department was investigating the Ibarra robbery and received a description of a suspect who was a male Hispanic wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and khaki pants. Officer Szabo and some other units set up a surveillance at the scene of the crime on Glenoaks. They saw a black GMC Yukon driven by a male Hispanic wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt leave the apartment complex. Officer Szabo conducted a traffic stop of the car. Defendant, his friends Luis Alberto Pimentel Ponce and Ramon Ramirez were in the vehicle. Officer Szabo observed a magazine of live ammunition in the center console between the driver seat and passenger seat. In the rear cargo area of the vehicle, they found an operable handgun. The Yukon also contained pizza boxes and receipts from Domino’s. Ponce was a friend of Ramon Ramirez and defendant. On February 23, 2013, he met up with them between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at Ramirez’s apartment. They left to go to the store in defendant’s Chevrolet GMC and they were pulled over by police. Defendant threw a gun in the back of the car. Officer Gerardo Mejia of the Los Angeles Police Department was investigating the Ibarra robbery. He interviewed Ramirez, who told him that defendant had arrived at his house with several pizzas. They ate the pizzas. They left to go to a friend’s house when they were stopped by police. The defense rested based upon the prosecution’s case. The jury found defendant guilty on all counts. Defendant admitted having suffered a prior conviction that qualified as a strike. The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of 32 years, consisting of: (1) Twenty-one years on count 5 (the middle term of three years, doubled pursuant to the “Three Strikes” law), plus 10 years for the firearm use enhancement, plus five years for the section 667, subdivision (a)(1) enhancement; (2) Eight years and four months on count 3, consisting of one year (one third of the middle term), doubled pursuant to the Three Strikes law, plus an additional 16 months

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