People v. Iniguez CA4/1

FACTS

For purposes of this section, we state the facts in the light most favorable to the judgment. (See People v. Coleman (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 1363, 1366.) In May 2018, a ranch owner hosted a large party for his niece’s quinceañera. The family hired seven security guards, most of whom were armed. In two incidents, the security guards had to physically eject several people from the party for being drunk and disruptive. A few individuals, including Giovanni Solis, had to be subdued by the security guards using pepper spray. Solis was enraged and threatened to kill the security guards as his friends dragged him out. After leaving the party, in a nearby parking lot, Solis repeatedly asked someone to call Iniguez. Solis and Iniguez were close friends. Eventually

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2 someone dialed Iniguez and gave Solis the phone. Solis told Iniguez he had been pepper sprayed and Iniguez needed to come because “they did this to him.” Iniguez was at home with his girlfriend at the time. Soon afterward, Josiah Marquez, another close friend of Iniguez, showed up at Iniguez’s home. They left together in Iniguez’s truck to meet…