People v. Cantrell CA4/2

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Sergio Rodriguez, the victim, testified that he has used crutches his whole life

because he had contracted polio as a child, causing atrophy of his left leg, and a car

accident had damaged his hip when he was seven years old. Rodriguez and defendants

were neighbors in San Jacinto but they were not friendly.

A. Previous Events

In September 2013, Mark Magill, an investigator with the Riverside County

District Attorney’s Office, contacted Rodriguez about being a potential trial witness in a

criminal case against Cantrell.

Another time Magill tried to interview Cantrell, whom Magill believed was living

at Wicker’s residence. When Magill arrived at the residence, Cantrell evaded him.

Magill asked Rodriguez to call him if he saw Cantrell. A few minutes later, Rodriguez

reported that Wicker and Cantrell were leaving in a blue van. Magill went to Wicker’s

residence and encountered Wicker driving a blue van towards Magill’s car with a man in

the front passenger seat. The blue van swerved, accelerated and departed.

B. Jailhouse Calls

In December 2013 and January 2014, Magill monitored about 20 hours of

Cantrell’s jailhouse calls, mostly with Wicker,…