People v. Gildo CA2/3

BACKGROUND

Viewed in accordance with the usual rule of appellate review (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206), the evidence established the following. 1. Prosecution evidence. a. Background. Beatris Cortez and defendant Gildo began dating in June 2011. When they met, Gildo told Cortez he was a deputy sheriff. Gildo also told Maria Torres, Cortez’s sister, and Maria’s husband, Hector, that he was a police officer. In fact, he was not. During 2011,2 Gildo and Cortez were living with the Torres family in La Puente. Gildo was given a key to the house. Gildo owned a white and chrome nine- millimeter semiautomatic handgun, and Hector owned a black nine-millimeter Beretta handgun. In late September or early October, Gildo and Hector went to a shooting range together and brought these guns with them. Hector usually kept his gun locked inside a case in his bedroom; he kept one key to the case with him, but there was another key inside the house. Cortez owned a silver 2005 Honda Accord, license plate number 5MRY591. Both she and Gildo drove this car. Miguel Rincon and Gildo were friends. Rincon, who was paralyzed from the waist down, owned a red or burgundy Jeep Grand Cherokee…