People v. Johnson CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

On March 29, 2020, at around 5:00 p.m., defendant drove a black BMW eastbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard (MLK Boulevard), also known as Charter Way, in Stockton. The speed limit was 45 miles per hour, but law enforcement later estimated defendant reached speeds of 90 miles per hour. In one instance, defendant sped up behind a motorcycle, got within inches of its rear tire, and accelerated past it at approximately twice its speed. Another driver had to switch lanes twice because defendant was approaching so fast. At the B Street intersection, defendant ran the red light. He collided with a car that was turning onto MLK Boulevard. Defendant’s vehicle settled in bushes in the median up the road with severe front-end damage. The other car was “essentially split in half.” The driver of the other car, Mark Fultcher, was ejected from the vehicle onto the street. Fultcher remained conscious, but he had life-threatening injuries, could not speak, and could not move his lower extremities. As witnesses attended to Fultcher, defendant walked toward them, picked up a branch, and while swinging it around said, “That motherfucker better not…