People v. Delgado CA2/1

BACKGROUND

The Los Angeles County District Attorney charged Delgado by information with Estrada’s murder (count 1; Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))1 and possession of a firearm by a felon (count 3; § 29800, subd. (a)(1)), and alleged that she personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, causing death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)). Codefendant Arturo Leon Nava was also charged with Estrada’s murder (count 1). Codefendant Celia Villareal was charged with being an accessory after the fact (count 4; § 32). The charges against all three defendants proceeded to a joint trial before two juries (one jury for Delgado and another for

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 her codefendants). Below, we summarize the proceedings before Delgado’s jury.

A. Trial evidence The prosecution presented the evidence summarized below. Delgado and her codefendants waived their right to testify and did not call any witness.

1. Three days before Estrada was fatally shot, he assaulted Villareal. Delgado dissuaded Villareal from giving Estrada’s name to the police and told her it would be taken care of. Before Estrada was fatally shot on the early morning of April 17, 2020, he was…