P. v. Taylor CA3 f
Following a joint trial, a jury convicted Ruben Ramon Guajardo, the shooter, and
his cousin Gino Wayne Taylor, an aider and abettor, of the first degree murder of Victor
Aranda. Guajardo confessed during the investigation and the jury rejected his claim of
self-defense. Both defendants challenge the admissibility of Instagram posts on multiple
grounds. We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the social
media evidence; nor did the admission of the evidence violate either defendants’
constitutional right to due process. We accept the Attorney General’s concession that
Guajardo’s prior juvenile adjudication does not qualify as a strike under the three strikes
law and remand for resentencing. We reject, however, the remaining instructional and
sentencing challenges, and in all other respects, affirm the judgments.
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