PEOPLE v. PEREZ
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b<br /> >PEOPLE v.<br /> PEREZ</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/29/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME COURT OF </b><b<br /> >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE<br /> PEOPLE, <br /> )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff and<br /> Respondent, <br /> )<br /> <br/> ) S167051<br /> <br/> v. <br /> )<br /> <br/> ) Ct.App.<br /> 2/1 B198165<br /> <br/>RODRIGO<br /> PEREZ, <br /> )<br /> <br/> ) Los<br /> Angeles County<br /> <br/> Defendant and Appellant. <br /> ) Super.<br /> Ct. No. BA298659-01<br /> <br/><u> </u>)<br /> <br/>Defendant<br /> fired a single bullet at a distance of 60 feet, from a car going 10 to 15 miles<br /> per hour, at a group of seven peace officers and a civilian who were standing<br /> less than 15 feet apart from one another in a dimly lit parking lot late on the<br /> night in question. There was evidence<br /> that defendant believed he was shooting at a group of rival gang members, but<br /> no evidence he was targeting any particular individual when he fired at the<br /> group. The bullet hit one officer in the<br /> hand, nearly severing his finger, but killed no one. The jury returned special findings that<br /> defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the victims were peace<br /> officers, and convicted defendant of, among other crimes, seven counts of premeditated attempted murder of a peace<br /> officer and one count of premeditated attempted murder (the civilian<br /> victim).<br /> <br/>The Court of<br /> Appeal reasoned that the jury could find on this evidence that â€