People v. Jones CA3

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Prosecution’s Case On April 18, 2014,1 Margarita Lopez Arredondo (hereafter Lopez), who works at the Cancun Restaurant in Stockton, attended a party at Rubie’s Nightclub. Around midnight, Lopez left the party with her boyfriend, Fidel Morales, and sat in her Mercury Mountaineer while he stood outside. As they were talking, a man came up to Morales, demanded “everything” Morales had, and threatened to “beat the crap” out of him. Morales gave the man his cell phone and wallet. The man told Morales to tell Lopez to give him what she had. Lopez saw a second man and gave up her purse. The two men got into a car and drove off. Morales told Lopez that they should go because the men were going to come back. Lopez locked her Mountaineer, got into Morales’s car and he drove her home. The following morning, Lopez went to the parking lot to retrieve her Mountaineer, but it was gone. She then reported the incident to the police. About 7:15 p.m. on April 21, Officers Mike Sarale and Jason Digiulio were on duty when they were directed to drive to a specified location. There, the officers saw defendant sitting in Lopez’s Mountaineer. Defendant got out of the vehicle and was…