The People v. Ortiz CA2/1

BACKGROUND

About 11:30 p.m. on April 14, 2012, two men got out of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee and approached Jordy Cabrera and Fabian Quevedo as they were walking toward Cabrera’s car in Los Angeles. (Date references pertain to 2012.) The two men demanded that Cabrera and Quevedo hand over their property. Cabrera and Quevedo later told Deputy Joshua Delfin that each assailant had a gun; one pointed his gun at Cabrera’s head and the other at Quevedo’s head. Cabrera gave his assailant everything in his pockets, which included his wallet containing his identification card and the keys to his car. Quevedo handed over his money and a red Samsung mobile phone. The two robbers got back inside the Jeep Grand Cherokee and left. Because the robbers had taken the key to his car, Cabrera decided to wait next to his car, in case they returned to take it. The white Jeep Grand Cherokee returned, so Cabrera and Quevedo returned to a party they had attended before the robbery and Cabrera asked his cousin Cesar to go outside and get the license plate number of the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Cesar did so, and Cabrera phoned 911 at 12:45 a.m. The recording of the 911 call was played at trial. Cabrera told…