People v. Harris CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Procedural Background On June 25, 2025, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office filed a first amended information charging Harris and a co-defendant, Kamron Brooks, with two counts of premeditated attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, and 6641; counts 1 and 2); two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm (§ 245, subd. (b); counts 3 and 4); one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling (§ 246; count 5); and one count of street terrorism (§ 186.22, subd. (a); count 6). The information further alleged that counts 1 through 5 were committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in association with a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). Counts 1 and 2 also included a firearm enhancement for Harris pursuant to section 12022.53, subdivision (e)(1), based on his participation in a criminal street gang and Brooks’ personal and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury (§ 12022.53, subdivision (d)). Finally, the information alleged several aggravating factors under California Rules of Court, rule 4.421, as follows: (1) the offenses in counts 1 through 6 involved great…