People v. Wills CA3

FACTS

The People’s Case Tristen Doe On December 14, 2011, 16-year-old Tristen Doe was walking home from the bus stop after getting out of school at around 2:13 p.m. Defendant drove up very close to her in a green Honda. He stopped, rolled down the window, and asked Tristen if she wanted to get in the car. She declined and kept walking. Defendant revved the engine, moved the car forward, and told Tristen to “get in the fucking car.” Defendant looked as if he were about to open the car door when Tristen’s next door neighbor, Cynthia Pendergast, brought her trash can out to the curb. Tristen saw Pendergast and called out her name. Defendant told Tristen, “Don’t call her over here, bitch.” Tristen told Pendergast, “Can you come over here, please?” When Pendergast looked at Tristen and came toward them, defendant told Tristen “man, fuck you” before driving away. Tristen wrote down the license plate number of defendant’s car.

2 Patrice Doe Between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. that afternoon, 13-year-old Patrice Doe was walking when she saw a green Honda driven by defendant. Defendant asked Patrice her name, which she provided. Defendant asked Patrice where she lived, and she told him the north…