People v. Matias CA6

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 17, 2024H051256California7,152 words

Opinion

Opinion

Danner, J.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

A. Charges and Preliminary Hearing On March 26, 2010, the Monterey County District Attorney filed a complaint charging Matias with two counts of willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder of “John Doe 1” and “John Doe 2” (§§ 664, subd. (a), 187 subd. (a); count 1 [John Doe 1] & count 2 [John Doe 2]), shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246; count 3), two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (§ 245, subd. (b); counts 4 [John Doe 1] & 5 [John Doe 2]), possession of cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350, subd. (a); count 6), street terrorism (§ 186.22, subd. (a); count 7), and misdemeanor possession of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (b); count 8). The complaint alleged that all counts were committed on or about March 18, 2010. Additionally, the complaint alleged various enhancements for counts 1 through 5. For counts 1 and 2 (attempted murder) and 4 and 5 (assault with a semiautomatic firearm), the information alleged that Matias personally used a firearm (firearm enhancement) (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)), inflicted great bodily injury (great bodily injury or GBI enhancement) (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)) and committed…

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