People v. Wilson CA2/1

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

A. Background: Individuals and Witnesses Involved In 2019, the Riverside County District Attorney charged Wilson and Cottom with first degree felony murder and attempted robbery. Both counts also alleged that Cottom personally discharged a weapon causing death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)), and that Wilson was a principal armed with a firearm (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)). The events relevant to these charges involved a group of adolescent males, comprised of then 20-year-old Wilson, Wilson’s older brother, Wilson’s neighbors Miguel “Mike” Ramirez and his brother Lorenzo Ramirez, then 17-year-old Cottom, and Cottom’s younger brother Justin Cottom. Around the time of the crimes at issue (January 2015), this group regularly gathered in the driveway of the Ramirez brothers’ home in La Quinta Cove, which was across the street from the Wilson brothers’ home. There were surveillance cameras on the Ramirez brothers’ home.

5 We also agree with Wilson and the People that he was entitled to custody credits he did not receive. Given that we affirm his LWOP sentence, however, we decline to modify the judgment in this respect.

4 Adrian Vivas and Bradley Olds also had been…