People v. Odinma CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

In the spring of 2016, Odinma arranged through Craigslist to sell a car to another man, the first victim.2 On March 15, the two met in Hayward. The victim was accompanied by his wife and two young children. After he talked to Odinma and became suspicious that the car was stolen, he returned to his own vehicle, where his family was waiting. Odinma followed him and pointed a gun at him, threatening to kill him unless he gave Odinma the money. The victim stated he did not have cash on him, at which point Odinma reached into the victim’s vehicle and “went through [his] wife’s purse.” The victim then grabbed the gun and directed it away from him and his family before driving away. As the family left, Odinma fired one shot, striking the victim’s arm. Five days later, on March 20, Odinma met in Oakland with the other two victims, a man and his son, to sell them a car. After they paid Odinma, he tried to drive away in the car, but one of the men prevented him from doing so. When that man attempted to recover the money, Odinma “resisted, brandished a gun, hit [him] over the head with the gun, and bit [him], twice.” Odinma also hit the other man with…