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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At 11:15 p.m. on June 25, 2011, Police Officer Isaias Medrano and his partner Officer Morales responded to a report of a robbery at 27th Street and Hoover in Los Angeles. The suspects were described as three male Hispanic gang members and that one suspect was armed with a gun. As the officers drove on 27th Street,

1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code. approximately one block from the robbery location, Officer Medrano saw Rodriguez in the street. Rodriguez looked at the officers and ran away. Medrano turned on the spotlight of his patrol car and watched where Rodriguez was going. Rodriguez ran through a gate into a yard, knocked on the door of a residence, and spoke briefly with a resident. The officers continued to follow Rodriguez with the spotlight. While still in the yard, Rodriguez pulled a gun out of his waistband, and dropped it into a planter. Rodriguez was arrested and the officers found a loaded automatic handgun in the planter. Rodriguez was charged with having a concealed firearm (former § 12025, subd. (a)(2)), carrying a loaded firearm (former § 12031, subd. (a)(1)), and unlawful firearm activity (former § 12021, subd. (e)).…