People v. McNeil CA2/2

FACTS

Prosecution Case Events Leading to the Shooting In 2009, Lajoi Davis (Davis) lived on the second floor of an apartment complex in Palmdale, California. Tiara Turner (Turner) lived in the same complex. Appellant is Turner’s brother. In August 2009, Davis and Turner became involved in an ongoing dispute. Turner’s family members repeatedly called Davis and threatened to “jump” her, and regularly loitered near Davis’s apartment, trying to intimidate her. On September 14, 2009, Davis and her mother were heading back to Davis’s apartment when Davis received a call warning her that almost 30 people were waiting outside her apartment. Davis called some friends and family members, about 10 of

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 A first jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared.

2 whom came to her apartment, including her sister Crystal Goodridge (Goodridge) and two or three men. It was agreed that Davis and Turner would physically fight each other to end the dispute. Davis and her friends and family went downstairs to meet Turner and her group in the street. Appellant was standing at the bottom of the stairs. As Davis and her…