In re Sambrano

BACKGROUND

The following facts are taken from this court’s unpublished opinion on

Sambrano’s direct appeal, People v. Sambrano (Nov. 15, 2013, E054725) [nonpub. opn.],

and the record in that appeal. (See In re Taylor (2019) 34 Cal.App.5th 543, 556-557.)

2 We describe only those facts relevant to the attempted murder convictions and the kill

zone theory.

Sambrano and his two codefendants, Anthony Lares and Daniel Torres, are all

alleged members or associates of a gang called Varrio Coachella Rifa 52 (Varrio

Coachella). On the night in question, they drove into the territory of a rival gang, North

Side Indio (North Side). Sambrano drove the car, Torres was the front passenger, and

Lares was in the back seat. After repeatedly driving past a group of people gathered

outside a house, Sambrano stopped the car, and Lares and Torres began shooting. Lares

admitted firing at least 10 rounds from his .30–caliber M1 carbine rifle. Torres fired an

unknown number of shots from a .22–caliber handgun that held five rounds. The shots

killed one person and seriously wounded two others, all of whom were outside the house

at the time of the shooting.

At trial, the parties disagreed…