People v. Moore CA3

BACKGROUND

We take the facts of defendant’s current crime from this court’s opinion affirming his conviction and sentence. (See People v. Guilford (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 651, 660- 661 [prior appellate opinion admissible to prove ineligibility in section 1170.126 proceeding].) “After consuming four beers and two drinks containing vodka, and without a valid driver’s license, defendant agreed to drive his girlfriend’s son to a friend’s house off of Lake Boulevard in Redding. As they reached the downtown area, defendant accelerated the vehicle to a high rate of speed, ignoring his passenger’s requests to slow down. Defendant ran a red light at the intersection of Pine Street and Shasta Street and smashed into a vehicle that was legally entering the intersection. The driver of the impacted vehicle was David Doty. Doty suffered two broken fingers on his left hand, numerous deep-tissue bruises on the left side of his body, and a bone spur was broken loose from his spinal column near his neck. Doty’s sons, Daniel and Joel, were passengers during the collision. Daniel suffered numerous facial fractures and severe bruising to the left side of his body and face. Joel was not seriously…