People v. Powell CA3

FACTS

We dispense with a recitation of the facts underlying defendant’s 2009 robbery conviction as they are unnecessary to our resolution of this appeal. With respect to the 2013 child endangerment conviction, in accordance with the standard of review, we recite the underlying facts in a light most favorable to the judgment. (See People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206.) Facts relevant only to the felony hit and run charge, upon which the jury could not unanimously agree, are omitted.

section 20001, subdivision (a), holding the driver of a vehicle involved in an injury- producing accident criminally liable for failure to stop, provide identifying information, and render assistance to the injured person, felony hit and run (see People v. Powell (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 304, 315-316), the trial court declared a mistrial on this count.

2 On June 7, 2013, at about 8:30 p.m., defendant was standing next to his car, a Ford Taurus, that was parked next to a liquor store on Cottage Way in Sacramento. Inside the car were defendant’s 18-year-old son, Trayvon Little, who was seated in the front passenger seat, and defendant’s girlfriend’s six-year-old son, X., who was seated in the back…