People v. Ramos-Coreas CA1/1

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In September 2017, defendant was charged by amended information with attempted murder (Pen. Code,2 §§ 664/187, subd. (a); count 1), assault on a peace officer (§ 245, subd. (c); count 2), resisting a peace officer with serious bodily injury (§ 148.10, subd. (a); count 3), and battery with serious bodily injury (§ 243, subd. (d); count 4). The charges included enhancement allegations for personal infliction of great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subds. (a), (b)) and use of a deadly weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). The amended information further alleged that defendant had suffered a prior conviction which qualified as a serious felony (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)), a prior strike (§§ 667, subd. (d), 1170.12, subd. (b)), and a prison prior (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Defendant entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A. The Prosecution Case. On the afternoon of November 24, 2016, Thanksgiving Day, a store supervisor at a South San Francisco Starbucks observed defendant walking back and forth inside the store. She asked him if he needed help, but he did not respond. He sat down with a skateboard by his leg, moving his head and talking to himself. She…