People v. Nezey CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
Perren, J.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Shooting at an Inhabited Dwelling On June 7, 2009,3 Los Angeles Police Officers Gabriel Holguin and Nicholas Hartman were assigned to monitor the 59 Hoovers, a clique of the Hoover Crips gang. The officers went to the 59 Hoovers' "headquarters" at 59th Street and Denver Avenue and made contact with a group of men that included appellant and Stillwell. Officers Holguin and Hartman spoke with the men for a few minutes and then left. Not long after, a group of young African-American men walked by Lynn Hall's residence on West 62nd Street. Hall and a friend were sitting on Hall's front porch while two of her children were playing in the yard. Three of the men—two of whom Hall later identified as appellant and Stillwell—"mad-dogged" Hall as they walked by.4 Appellant and Stillwell returned about two minutes later. Stillwell told Hall, "You better g[e]t the fuck out of this neighborhood if you know what's good for you, bitch." Hall grabbed her children and went inside. Moments later she heard gunshots and the sound of a breaking window. Hall's neighbor Iliana Vargas looked outside and saw several adults and children in front of Hall's…