People v. White CA1/2

BACKGROUND

Information In May 2022, the prosecution filed an information charging White with: (1) murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))1 with the special circumstances that he discharged a firearm from a motor vehicle at another person outside the vehicle with the intent to cause death (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(21)) and discharged a firearm from a vehicle with the intent to inflict great bodily injury (§ 190,

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 subd. (d)) (count 1); (2) shooting from a motor vehicle (§ 26100, subd. (c)) (count 2); (3) two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm (§ 29820, subd. (b)) (counts 3 & 4); and (4) carrying a loaded firearm on his person in a city (§ 25850, subd. (a)) (count 5). As enhancements to counts 1 and 2, the information alleged that White personally used a firearm (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (b)) and discharged a firearm (§ 12022.53, subd. (c)), causing great bodily injury or death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)), and personally inflicted great bodily injury (§ 12022.7). Evidence at Trial2 On the morning of July 24, 2021, R.J.3 was talking to Travis Ward on the sidewalk of 23rd Avenue between East 17th and Foothill…