People v. Rabago CA2/8

STATEMENT OF FACTS

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 6, 2014, Bacani exited a TJ Maxx store in Walnut and entered her car. After she shut the door, appellant approached the driver’s side and pointed a gun at her. She tried to lock the door and keep it closed, but he pulled it open, climbed over her, and got into the passenger seat. He kept the gun pointed at her and tugged on her purse, but she held onto it. She screamed “help” and honked the horn. Appellant told her to drive, so she did. At appellant’s direction, she drove in circles around Walnut, then headed west toward Los Angeles. At some point he told her to take him to “Pico.” Bacani drove for an hour and a half, and appellant had the gun pointed at her for about two-thirds of that time. They ended up in downtown Los Angeles. When Bacani stopped at a stoplight, she noticed two marked police cars. She grabbed her purse and ran out of the car toward them.

Undesignated statutory citations are to the Penal Code unless otherwise noted.

2 Los Angeles Police Officers Jason Janata and Cesar Mendoza were stopped at that stoplight at the intersection of First and Spring Streets when they saw Bacani jump out of her car…