People v. Ahumada CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts1

A. The underlying crimes On Valentine’s Day 2011, defendant walked into the courtyard of the apartment complex where he used to live, pointed a gun in the face of one resident, and told her, “I’m going to blast you and your family,” or “I’m going to come back and blast you and your kids.” A few minutes later, defendant approached a woman getting into her GMC Yukon in the parking lot of a Baptist school. He pointed a gun in her face, and said, “Bitch, get out of the fucking car. I’m going to fucking kill you.” After he got into the Yukon but could not find the keys, he again threatened to “fucking kill” the woman. When the woman told him precisely where she had left the keys in the Yukon, he drove to a gas station and got out to use a pay phone. When he pulled out of the gas station, a marked police car started to follow him. Once the pursuing officers turned on the

We draw these facts from our prior, unpublished appellate opinion affirming defendant’s convictions. (People v. Ahumada (May 28, 2013, B240577).)

2 car’s lights and sirens, defendant punched the acceleration and drove through a residential neighborhood at 60 to…