People v. Williams CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Day of the Carjacking On an afternoon in February 2022, I.C.2 was driving his car with his friend Juan C. in the passenger seat. I.C. saw Williams in the road with a woman. Williams pulled out a gun and pointed it at I.C. from in front of the car. Williams was yelling at I.C., but I.C. did not understand. Williams opened the driver’s side door and pulled I.C. out of the car by his shirt. Williams gestured for I.C. to get on the ground, and he obeyed. When I.C. was on the ground, Williams hit him in the cheek with the gun. I.C. was afraid and thought that he was going to die. Williams then pulled Juan out of the car and told him to get on the ground. Once Juan was on the ground, Williams got into the driver’s seat of I.C.’s car. The woman accompanying Williams, later identified as his wife Bridgette Frank, got into the passenger seat and Williams drove away. Officers came to the scene of the carjacking. While they were on scene, the stolen vehicle drove by them. The vehicle fled with officers in pursuit and crashed into a tree, raising a cloud of dust. When the dust cleared, officers saw Frank running from the scene of the crash and detained her. Officers…