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The People’s Case Background In August 2010, Donis lived in a three-bedroom house in the City of Lawndale. He slept in the living room. Damian Ramos (Ramos) shared one of the bedrooms with Fernando Cruz (Cruz) and Juan Lopez (Lopez). Marinelli Martinez slept in the second bedroom. The third bedroom was shared by Ruben Donis (Ruben) and Obdulio Marroquin. Magdalena Ortiz (Ortiz), Israel Donis (Israel) and their three children lived in the house‘s converted garage. A person named Daniel slept in the linen closet. Ramos and Lopez were childhood friends from Guatemala. They did not have any problems with Donis, nor did Cruz. Neither Ramos, Lopez nor Cruz carried weapons or had them in their room. According to Ortiz, Donis played the radio loudly every night for a few second or minutes. She found it annoying. Cruz, Lopez and Ramos, however, never complained. Ramos testified that Donis was friendly, even when he was drinking alcohol. About a month before August 24, 2010, Donis showed Lopez a machete. Then, a week before August 24, 2010, Donis showed it to Ramos. Lopez was about five feet one or two inches and weighed 128 pounds. Ramos was five feet tall and weighed 145 pounds.…