People v. Jones CA2/1
Opinion
Opinion
Chaney, J.
BACKGROUND
I. Jones’s Trial
A. Pertinent evidence presented at trial Substantial evidence presented at trial showed the following:
1 Jones was tried alone. Although originally charged together, his accomplice’s case was resolved separately. 2 Effective June 30, 2022, Penal Code section 1170.95 was
renumbered section 1172.6, with no change in text (Stats. 2022, ch. 58, § 10). Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
2 Between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m., on November 13, 1999, 19- year-old appellant Jones and a 23-year-old man called Earl Young forced open the door of a house in Los Angeles where nine members of the Amador extended family were present. Jones and Young each held a handgun. Two members of the Amador family, teenage brothers Jorge and Hector,3 had been asleep in the living room. Jones approached Jorge,4 pointed a gun at him, told him not to move, and pulled the trigger; the gun did not fire. Jones removed the magazine from the gun and reinserted it. Young then approached Jorge, pointed his own gun, and told Jorge to get on the floor. Jones knocked Jorge down. As Jorge went to the ground, he heard Young’s gun make a clicking sound. Hector also got…