The People v. Martinez CA2/3

BACKGROUND

1. The trial evidence. Appellant makes no claim of insufficient evidence to support the judgment. Nevertheless, his sentencing contentions require reference to the trial evidence. Thus, we have set out the trial evidence in some detail, as follows. Viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206), the trial evidence established that on February 14, 2012, two Covina police officers working, Officers Mario Corona and Frank Medina, were stopped in Covina at a red stop light. They were driving a detectives’ vehicle, a Crown Victoria, which was gray in color with red, amber and blue police lights and a siren. A red light was affixed inside the Crown Victoria’s window facing forward at the rear view mirror. The officers were dressed in police uniforms consisting of polo shirts and jeans. Printed on the back of their shirts was “Covina Police Department.” The shirts also bore police department patches on the shoulders, and the officers were wearing shoulder radios and displaying their badges. On their belts, they carried the usual police equipment, such as handcuffs, etc. At the light, appellant stopped next to the officers in a…