Hampton

BACKGROUND

A Relevant Facts Underlying Conviction Defendant and three of his friends planned a robbery of defendant’s marijuana dealer, Larry Elliott. Defendant did not want to participate in the robbery, but the codefendants told him he had no choice. The plan included defendant setting up a pretextual drug buy to determine how much marijuana Elliott had at his home. Defendant and codefendant Camitt Doughton went to Elliott’s house and were there for about eight minutes, smoking marijuana and listening to music with Elliott and his two guests. Then, codefendants Edward Quintanilla and Deandre Scott burst into the garage, wearing masks, all black clothing, and armed with firearms. They ordered everyone onto the ground and pistol-whipped Elliott. Defendant pleaded with the codefendants to stop assaulting the victims and tried to reassure the victims they were safe. Quintanilla and Scott went into the home and searched for things to steal. Defendant remained in the

We granted defendant’s request to incorporate by reference the records in defendant’s prior appeal. (Hampton, supra, C056879.) Undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.

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