People v. Gonzalez CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

A. The Robbery/Burglary and Stabbing

Pete lived in a trailer outside of Placerville. He owned several guns, a coin collection, a laptop, and a cell phone. He was also addicted to methamphetamine. Garcia lived in a flop house with defendant and his girlfriend, Omega. On January 30, 2015, defendant, Omega, and Garcia were in Garcia’s room at the flop house. Omega was talking about ways to obtain money to buy drugs. The group agreed to steal a car. They went to an apartment complex, jumped in a car with the keys in it, and took off. Omega was driving, defendant was in the front passenger seat, and Garcia was in the back seat. They drove to a friend’s house, hung out there, and used methamphetamine. Garcia asked the friend to drive her back to the flop house. Garcia woke up to find defendant and Omega rushing into her room and emptying bags of jewelry and old coins. On January 31, 2015, Garcia used methamphetamine in her room at the flop house with a group that included defendant, Efren Zamora (a person Garcia knew as defendant’s uncle or godfather), Omega, and Barrera. Defendant was laying out lines of drugs to snort. Omega had a little…