People v. Rosas CA2/6

FACTS

Rosas brought his motor home to an auto repair shop owned by Ronald Kelsey in September 2010. Rosas had been having trouble with the motor home. It rolled when the transmission was placed in park. Susan Booth, Kelsey's sister-in-law and employee, saw Rosas go into the motor home and Kelsey go under the driver's side rear tires. She saw Rosas start the motor home and the motor home roll backwards one to two feet onto Kelsey's back. Booth and Kelsey screamed. Rosas moved the motor home forward. The screams brought another employee and two neighboring shop owners to the site. One of the neighboring shop owners saw Rosas behind the motor home steering wheel, "hanging out the window," asking "what happened?" The neighboring shop owners pulled Kelsey's body from under the mobile home and administered "C.P.R." until the police arrived. Kelsey died of blunt force trauma. His injuries were consistent with being crushed by a leveling jack stand under the motor home. Sergeant Michael Martinez of the Arroyo Grande police department conducted an accident investigation. Martinez believed that a chock behind the front passenger tire was in place when the accident…