People v. Lopez CA3

I. BACKGROUND

On the evening of October 20, 2020, D.B. walked outside his garage in his apartment complex and waved to his neighbor, Dennis Ferguson. Sometime later, someone told D.B. that Ferguson was arguing with another neighbor. D.B. walked to Ferguson’s apartment and looked through his window. D.B. saw Ferguson lying on the ground bleeding; Ferguson’s apartment door was open. D.B. called 911 and started CPR. Shortly before police responded to the scene, another neighbor, N.C., saw defendant walking shirtless through the apartment complex while putting on a pair of pants. N.C. stepped inside her garage where her husband was working, and she shut and locked the door because she was scared. Defendant stopped at the door and asked for help, but they did not respond.1 Her husband believed that defendant appeared nervous; he was shirtless and glanced side to side like he was trying to hide from someone. After they heard sirens, they saw defendant leave and run across the street. Clothing and personal items belonging to defendant or his family were found discarded near the couple’s apartment. Stockton police officers responded to a reported stabbing at the apartment complex around…