People v. Hernandez CA2/6

FACTS

The probation report shows that on February 23, 2013, Victor Hugo Sanchez was shot and killed. Carmen Granados Fajardo had been Sanchez’s girlfriend. Fajardo was angry with Sanchez because of his involvement with “white females.” Hernandez was the ex-brother-in-law of Fajardo. Hernandez paid Crystal Garner and Joseph Villareal $4,000 for their “involvement in [an] assault on [Sanchez] in October 2012.” Fajardo wanted Sanchez to be robbed and assaulted, and as proof that they had achieved their plan, she wanted Sanchez’s wallet to be given to her. Garner, her sister, Villareal, and Hernandez followed the plan. They then went to Fajardo’s home and brought proof that they had completed her plan by bringing Fajardo Sanchez’s belongings. But Fajardo was not satisfied with her first attempt to injure Sanchez. Fajardo hired Hernandez, Edgar Ontiveros, and two other men to locate and kidnap Sanchez. They located Sanchez, but he refused to get into their car. Ontiveros shot Sanchez in the torso and in the head. Hernandez was paid “between $10,000 to $11,000 cash for a truck from the money he received for the murder.” “The truck was to be delivered to him in Mexico at a later date.”…