People v. Estrada CA2/5

FACTS

The Bicycle Theft3

On the evening of August 4, 2018, Jovanny Camano and Jesus Vidriales were at Trinity Park in Los Angeles, when Hector Lopez (Estrada’s co-defendant at trial) approached them and asked Camano if he could use his cell phone. Lopez’s demeanor made Camano nervous, so he told Lopez that he did not have cell service. Lopez continued to insist, but Camano made excuses to avoid giving Lopez his phone. Lopez then asked Camano where he was from and if he had a “street name.” Camano believed that Lopez was asking whether he was affiliated with a gang. Camano responded that he was not “from” anywhere and did not have a street name. Lopez insisted that Camano had a street name, but Camano denied it. Lopez mentioned either his own street name or his gang name, which started with an “F.” Camano thought Lopez might be a gang member. A man with a shaved head approached Lopez, Camano, and Vidriales, but stopped on the opposite side of a chain-link fence. The man said something to Lopez about a car being damaged. Lopez looked at Camano’s bicycle, which Camano had next to him, and approached it at a “very fast rate.” Camano grabbed his bicycle and told Lopez not to take it.…