People v. Bradford CA3

BACKGROUND

We set forth facts pertaining to the underlying offenses here for context. Additional facts pertinent to the analysis of Bradford’s arguments are included in the Discussion section, as necessary. P.A., the victim, was shot multiple times in his neighbor’s apartment. He provided three versions of the events surrounding the shooting. Because Bradford’s identity as the shooter is not challenged on appeal, all versions set forth below identify him as such. In the first version of events, during an interview at the hospital shortly after the shooting, P.A. told an officer that Bradford and his girlfriend were at P.A.’s neighbor’s apartment when P.A. arrived. While P.A. was playing video games, Bradford left the apartment for some reason and Bradford’s girlfriend followed. Bradford was wearing a white T-shirt when he left and was wearing a black puffy jacket when he returned. When

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.

2 Bradford returned, he had a handgun, yelled something that P.A. did not understand, and fired five or six rounds at P.A. Bradford then fled out the front door. In the second version of events, during an interview with a…