People v. Therman CA3

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Shooting Joe and Doretha, husband and wife, drove to a small Sacramento shopping center on December 22, 2018, around 5:00 p.m. They parked their minivan and went into a Money Mart check cashing store. Doretha cashed a check at the Money Mart. The couple then went to a liquor store next door, where they bought lottery tickets and beer. Joe and Doretha returned to their minivan. Doretha sat in the passenger seat, counting her money. The passenger window was partly rolled down. A man wearing a light blue sweatshirt appeared at the passenger window and demanded the money. The man was holding a gun. The man and Doretha wrestled over her wallet. A Money Mart employee heard yelling and looked outside. She saw a man wearing a blue hoodie standing by the passenger side of the minivan and “kind of wrestling” with Doretha. She did not see the man’s face. Joe ran into the Money Mart to ask for help. As he was opening the door, he heard a gunshot. He ran back to the car, where he found Doretha, “laid out.” She was not breathing. Joe saw a man walking away into the darkness. Joe ran back inside the Money Mart and asked the employees to call 911. Joe then remembered that…