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BACKGROUND

On April 10, 2009, at around 8:13 p.m., California Highway Patrol Investigator Cory Shell and his partner, Investigator Blake Schnabel, were on undercover assignment for the Sacramento County Auto Theft Suppression Task Force. They were in an unmarked car in Del Paso Heights when Investigator Shell noticed a Honda sedan emitting white lights from its tail lamps, a violation of section 24600, subdivision (e). Investigator Shell activated his siren and red and blue lights to initiate an enforcement stop. The Honda, driven by defendant, immediately pulled over to the right shoulder. Investigator Shell parked behind defendant’s car. As both investigators exited their car and approached the Honda, defendant drove off at a high rate of speed. The investigators returned to their car and pursued defendant. During the pursuit, defendant committed numerous traffic violations, including driving 70 miles per hour in a residential area, driving on the wrong side of the road, and running two red lights and five or six stop signs. The pursuit ended when defendant crashed his car into a cinder block wall on the opposite side of the roadway when trying to turn left at a high rate of…