People v. Young CA2/3

BACKGROUND

The underlying offense We take our statement of the facts underlying Young’s crime from the Court of Appeal opinion affirming the judgment of

All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. Effective June 30, 2022, section 1170.95 was renumbered to section 1172.6 with no change in text. (Stats. 2022, ch. 58, § 10.) We therefore refer to the statute as section 1172.6 for the remainder of this opinion.

2 conviction. (People v. Young (Nov. 13, 1996) B093511) [nonpub. opn.] (Young).)2 “On May 17, 1993, Victor [Manual Felix] and [his brother, Epifanio] Felix drove to 106th Street so Victor could sell Young cocaine. They drove in Victor’s brown Chevette. As they passed a certain address, Victor said he was looking for Young. When they returned to the address a minute or two later, Young was in the driveway. Victor and Young went into a house at 913 East 106th Street. Epifanio saw some people looking out of the adjacent house at 915 East 106th Street. “In a few minutes, Victor came out of the house at #913, took a grocery bag from the back seat of his car and went back inside #913. Meanwhile a man holding a semi-automatic gun stood by the car…