People v. Flores CA2/6

Facts On the night of May 16, 2017, over the course of about 30 minutes, two people were shot and four people were robbed at different locations in Oxnard. Joseph Martinez and Joel Montijo pleaded guilty to several felonies in connection with these events.2 They testified that they had been hanging out with appellant at Martinez’s home in Port Hueneme when they decided to go out and commit some robberies, as the group had done several times in the past. Usually, Martinez would drive the trio around in his black BMW until they found a potential victim. Montijo and appellant would get out of the car and rob the victim. Martinez would then drive them back to one of their houses and divvy everything up. Although they usually brought guns, no one was shot before May 16.

2Martinez pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter, four counts of second degree robbery and one count of attempted robbery. He was sentenced to 20 years, 8 months in prison. Montijo pleaded guilty to one count of second degree murder and four counts of second degree robbery. He also admitted to having personally used a firearm in each offense. Montijo was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison.

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