People v. Jones CA2/1

BACKGROUND

The facts and procedural background regarding Jones’s conviction are from the opinion in Jones’s direct appeal. A. The Shooting “[O]n February 23, 2007, Christian Starr was shot at the Three Star Market in Los Angeles. Owner Debbie Lee testified that there were eight surveillance cameras in her store, which had only one entrance/exit door. After the shooting, she met with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective John Ayala and other officers and showed them the surveillance video of the shooting, which was transferred to a DVD and was played for the jury. Still photos printed from the video were also admitted into evidence. “LAPD Officer Miguel Reynoso responded to the Three Star Market on the day of the shooting, and with other officers watched part of the surveillance video. Officer Reynoso saw a freeze frame of a man walking toward one of the cameras away from the shooting victim lying on the ground, and identified the man as Jones. Officer Reynoso was assigned to the area, had (a year and a half or two years earlier) conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jones was a passenger, and had seen him in the neighborhood a number of times. “Officer Reynoso…