People v. Thurman CA2/1

DISCUSSION

At trial, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jorge Caamal testified that at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, he and a team of deputies went to 45029 17th Street in Lancaster to conduct a lawful search. When members of the team knocked on the front door and announced their presence, through a front bedroom window Deputy Caamal saw Nicely get out of bed, turn around, and run out toward the back side of the house. Deputy Caamal notified the team that Nicely had run toward the back of the house. Deputy Cynthia Mejia testified she was stationed behind the house when a bedroom sliding glass door opened and Nicely ran out, barefoot and wearing pajama bottoms. She and another deputy detained Nicely. Thurman came to the front door with an elderly woman and two dogs. When a deputy asked Thurman if there were other people or firearms in the house, she answered that Nicely was in his bedroom, her son was asleep in the back bedroom, and her son had

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2 guns. The deputies entered the house for a protective sweep and found Thurman’s son Cody Westfall (Cody) sleeping in bed in the back bedroom, which had…