People v. Cover CA4/3

FACTS

On the evening of September 10, 2018, Samantha S. had plans to hang out with her friends Michael Spinks, who she knew as T.R., and Aranda at Spinks’s apartment. Around 10:30 or 11 p.m., Spinks arrived at Samantha’s house to pick her up. He was with “Baby Beary,” later identified as Cover. After stopping at a liquor store, the three drove to Spink’s apartment complex. A group of people were hanging out in the parking lot drinking. Spinks and Samantha went to his apartment and started drinking. About ten minutes later, Cover and another individual knocked on the door. Samantha did not want to hang out with anyone else, and Spinks said he would get rid of them. However, Spinks went to the door and about five minutes later, they all came inside. Spinks went back to the kitchen, and Cover and the other individual sat down on the couch in the living room. Samantha’s friend, known simply as “Aranda,” came in at one point, but

2 was, in Samantha’s words, acting “weird,” and left shortly after. Samantha felt uncomfortable because Cover and the other individual were staring at her and Spinks. Cover was also fidgeting with his backpack. He kept putting it on and taking it off. About…