P. v. Gonzalez-Loredo CA2/1 filed 2/28/13 A

State: California

Court: California Eastern District Court

Docket No: B232472

Case Date: 02/28/2013

Plaintiff: P.

Defendant: Gonzalez-Loredo CA2/1 filed 2/28/13 Case Details

Preview:Filed 2/28/13 P. v. Gonzalez-Loredo CA2/1

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BRANDON GONZALEZ-LOREDO, Defendant and Appellant.

B232472 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA066378)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Shari K. Silver, Judge. Affirmed. Adrian M. Baca for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie A. Miyoshi and David A. Voet, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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A jury convicted Brandon Gonzalez-Loredo of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He challenges his convictions on a number of grounds. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW Angel V. was attacked and stabbed on May 8, 2009, as he left a party and was walking to a restaurant with two friends. The attacker got out of a car that pulled over to the curb ahead of Angel and issued a gang challenge: "Do you guys bang?" The attacker called Angel by name--"Oh, you're that bitch-ass Angel" and stabbed Angel four times as he tried to run away. Angel and his two friends, Eric and Michael, told the police that a high school student they knew as "Blanco" was the attacker. Defendant was a member of the Brown Familia gang and that his gang moniker was Blanco. Defendant testified and denied attacking Angel and claimed he acted in self-defense against an attack by Angel. He testified that he was walking home from the same party when he was attacked by three unidentified persons. Someone knocked him down, and as he drew himself into a ball, he felt blows to his head and back. He managed to pull his Swiss Army Knife

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