People v. Bradley CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Bradley does not challenge the admissibility or the sufficiency of the evidence to

support his convictions, and since we will resolve this appeal based solely on the grounds

of invited error, we will include only a brief summary of the facts of the offenses. We

find the summary in the respondent's brief accurate and adequate to give context to the

discussion which follows and will incorporate it here.

On the night of November 14, 2012, 63-year-old John Cates and his wife Mary

were behind a restaurant collecting cardboard, which they planned to recycle in order to

supplement their income. Appellant approached and began talking with Mary. As John

continued to load cardboard into the truck, appellant walked by the truck and looked

inside "like he was going to jack it." Appellant raised his voice and claimed that it was

his truck and his cardboard. Appellant got into the driver's seat of the truck while John

protested. Appellant got out of the truck and started saying, "Bad guys are coming. Bad

guys are coming. Get out of here." John and Mary got into the truck, but appellant

opened John's door and pulled him onto the ground. While John…