People v. Lopez CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

We adopt the factual overview from our prior opinions: “In July 2011, Lopez was a prisoner being detained at the George Bailey Detention Center and was known in the prison by the moniker ‘Evil.’ Prison personnel had made Lopez the ‘captain’ of the medical unit where he was being held, and inmates in the unit followed his orders without question. “[R.] Hartsaw was also a prisoner at Bailey, and, on the evening July 17, 2011, Hartsaw asked a correctional officer to be moved from his then current unit to another unit. Later that evening, a correctional officer placed Hartsaw in the medical unit and asked Lopez to help Hartsaw find a bunk. Lopez agreed. At some point, Lopez learned that Hartsaw had been in protective custody and that he was a convicted child molester. “A few hours after Hartsaw was placed in the unit, Lopez and a number of other inmates lured Hartsaw to an isolated area of the unit, and, shortly after guards had passed through the area, Lopez and the other inmates spent 30 minutes punching, kicking, and stomping Hartsaw to death. Toward the end of the assault, Lopez circled Hartsaw and repeatedly jumped on his

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