People v. Hall CA1/5

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Contra Costa County District Attorney filed an Information charging Hall, a Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff at the time, with

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1 voluntary manslaughter (§ 192, subd. (a); count 1) and assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2); count 2) after he shot and killed a suspect following a vehicle pursuit. As to both counts, the Information alleged that Hall personally used a firearm (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)). As to count 2, the Information alleged that Hall personally inflicted great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). The matter proceeded to a jury trial. A. Prosecution’s Case 1. Dispatch Call Around 11:00 a.m. on November 3, 2018, dispatch for the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department issued a call to patrolling units with a report of a suspicious person—subsequently identified as Laudemer Arboleda. The reporting party had called the police because Arboleda rang her doorbell and then walked around Laurel Drive in Danville. Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Deputies Nicholas Muller and Sonasi Maka responded in a patrol car as the primary unit. Deputy Charles…