People v. Edwards CA1/2

Filed 2/27/24 P. v. Edwards CA1/

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A163457

v. WILLIAM MELVIN EDWARDS, Jr., (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. 05-191553-7) Defendant and Appellant.

Early in the morning of June 1, 2018, Taison Calderon-Lopez was shot several times and killed outside his home in North Richmond. Defendant William Melvin Edwards, Jr., was tried and convicted of conspiracy to commit Calderon-Lopez’s murder, first-degree murder with the special circumstances that the murder was committed by lying in wait and for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, along with various firearm and gang-related enhancements. Edwards appeals, an appeal that has five…