People v. Ayala CA2/5

Facts In June 2010, 15-year-old I.P. was staying with Marina Gonzalez in an apartment at 6859 Laurel Canyon Boulevard. I.P. was a runaway. Appellant lived a few doors down in the same building. One day, I.P. and a friend entered appellant's apartment to look for I.P.'s cell phone. I.P. found the phone in appellant's bedroom with the battery removed, became angry and decided to steal various items from appellant's apartment, including laptop computers, some video game consoles, an iPod, and a phone. A few days later, a man named Woody came to Gonzalez's apartment looking for I.P. Woody and I.P. went out into the hallway. Woody asked her where the stolen items were. When I.P. tried to go back into Gonzalez's apartment, Woody grabbed her arm. Woody pulled out a revolver, placed it against I.P.'s ribs and he walked her, holding her arm, down to appellant's apartment. Woody told I.P. that she was not going anywhere "until we find our stuff." Inside appellant's apartment, appellant placed I.P. in a chair and tied her hands behind her back. Woody kept asking I.P. where his missing items were. Appellant untied I.P.'s hands and told her to…