People v. Molina CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In late December 2019, Molina met several friends for dinner at a restaurant in San Diego to celebrate the birthday of one of Molina’s close friends (Friend). After dinner, Molina and three other people from the dinner party decided to continue the celebration by going out to drink at bars in downtown San Diego. Molina lived in the San Diego area, but the three other people were from out of town and were staying together in a single hotel room in the vicinity of the bars that the group visited. One of the three people who went out with Molina to the bars was Jane Doe. Jane Doe was married to one of Molina’s longtime friends, but Jane Doe’s husband did not come to San Diego for the birthday celebration. The other two people were Friend and his girlfriend (Girlfriend). When Jane Doe and Girlfriend booked the hotel room, the plan was for Jane Doe to sleep in one of the beds, and Friend and Girlfriend to sleep in the other bed. The group visited three bars during the evening and consumed several drinks. Molina also smoked cannabis. At some point during the evening, the group decided that because Molina was too intoxicated to drive home, he would…