People v. Gonzales CA4/2

Filed 9/3/24 P. v. Gonzales CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E082963

v. (Super.Ct.No. BLF002520)

GABRIEL MENDOZA GONZALES, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. John D. Molloy, Judge.

Dismissed.

Patrick Dudley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In 2004, defendant and appellant Gabriel Mendoza Gonzales was tried as an adult

for the murder of Jerome Al Everage, Jr. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); see Welf. & Inst.

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Code, § 707, subd. (d).) Defendant was 15 years old at the time of the offense; multiple

firearm allegations included that he personally discharged a firearm causing the victim’s

death. (Pen. Code, §§ 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (d); all further undesignated

statutory references are to the Penal Code.)

On June 17, 2004, the jury convicted defendant of second degree murder and