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FACTS

Prosecution Evidence

About a month before the incident in this case occurred, defendant was in custody on other charges and agreed to give police information on the illegal activities of twins Derek and Darion Smith in exchange for leniency. Defendant was a close friend of the Smith twins and was also friendly with their younger brother, Zyon.2 Soon afterward, police raided the Smith house, where they found contraband, including drugs and weapons. The Smith twins were arrested, and one of the twins was kept in custody. Zyon thought defendant was the snitch but did not confront defendant. On October 20, 2009, Zyon got a telephone call from Sheliece Dugan. She told Zyon that defendant pulled a gun on her and accused her of calling him a snitch. Dugan also told Zyon that defendant “stopped on the bus” and said, “I ain‟t no snitch.” At around 7:30 that evening, Zyon and his friends Chad Johnson and Ephron Vivion went to an apartment complex on Larkin and East Avenue Q-3 in East Palmdale to confront defendant about the incident with Dugan. When they approached defendant, he was with three or four other men that Zyon did not recognize. Zyon asked defendant what was going on.…