People v. Mangham CA2/1

BACKGROUND

I. Current Offense and Prior Criminal History

A felony complaint, filed on January 25, 2023, charged 37- year-old Mangham with attempted carjacking. (§§ 215, subd. (a) & 664.) He pleaded not guilty to the charge. We take our account of the circumstances of the offense from the probation report, as the parties also did in their appellate briefing. On January 23, 2023, in Los Angeles County, Mangham approached a man in a shopping center parking lot, grabbed the man’s arm as he was about to open the trunk of his car, and demanded the keys to the car. Fearing for his safety, the man walked backward away from Mangham and tried to obtain help from a passerby. Mangham said he would get a gun if the man did not turn over the keys. Mangham went to the driver’s side of the car and attempted to open the front door several times. Next, Mangham told the man he would shoot him if he did not hand

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 over the keys.2 The man refused to give the keys to Mangham, and Mangham walked away. Officers were called to the scene, and they arrested Mangham. As set forth in the probation report, Mangham has the following prior…