People v. Watkins CA3

I. BACKGROUND

This is an appeal of two cases. In the first case (24FE006023), the amended information charged defendant and two codefendants with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4).)1 It alleged the enhancement that defendant inflicted great bodily injury. (§ 12022.7, subd. (a).) It also

Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 alleged aggravating circumstances that (a) the crime involved great violence, great bodily harm, threat of great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness; (b) defendant’s prior convictions were numerous and of increasing seriousness; (c) defendant served a prior prison or jail term; and (d) defendant was on probation, mandatory supervision, post release community supervision or parole when he committed the crimes. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421, subds. (a)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4).) On April 3, 2024, Deputy Sheriff Tyler O’Brien responded to a fight at Sacramento County Jail. At trial, the People showed footage of the fight to the jury. In the video, a group of inmates were near a cell. Codefendant Luis Delvalle…