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FACTS

The Prosecution’s Case The shooting On January 17, 2011, at around 9:00 p.m., Garcia, Vera and Loza were parked in a vehicle in front of Garcia’s home. Garcia was in the driver’s seat, Vera was in the front passenger seat, and Loza was sitting in the backseat directly behind Vera. As Garcia rolled a “joint,” he looked in the rearview mirror and saw two men behind the car. Then he saw them approach the car on the driver’s side. Garcia recognized one of the men as Carranza. Carranza looped around to the front of the car, went to the passenger side of the vehicle, peeked inside and returned to the front of the car. He said “[s]omething about 18th Street gang.” The second man stood in front of the driver’s side of the vehicle and was wearing a “bright colored shirt from the inside, and the sleeve was . . . darker in color.” Loza heard the second man say “where you guys from” and “18th Street.” Carranza and the second man aimed guns and fired into the vehicle. Vera was shot in the head and killed. Garcia and Loza suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Afterwards, Carranza and the second man ran east on 98th Street and crossed Figueroa Boulevard.

2 The evidence establishing Carranza…