People v. Madrigal CA2/1

BACKGROUND

In September 2018, Ricardo Diaz was killed by gunfire on San Fernando Road in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Madrigal and Garcia’s trial for the offenses referenced above commenced in April 2022.

A. Prosecution Evidence 1. Eyewitness testimony regarding the shooting Shortly before 6:30 p.m., on September 6, 2018, Maria Elena Reynaga de Fausto was inside her house, located near the intersection of San Fernando Road and Nurmi Street. She looked outside and observed a man standing by the wall of an alley running parallel to Nurmi Street. He was talking on a cell

3 phone. She could not see his face because the hood of his gray sweatshirt was covering it. She watched him for 20 to 30 seconds and then turned away. Not long after, she went outside to the front of her house and observed the man standing by the fence line of her property. She walked back inside and went to the kitchen. As she started to prepare food, she heard what sounded like a series of fireworks. She looked out her living room window to San Fernando Road and observed the same man standing across the street from her house. She also observed a car parked directly in front of her house,…