People v. Quezada CA2/7

Filed 3/25/26 P. v. Quezada CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B348827

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. A644721) v.

HENRY CARDONA QUEZADA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Pat Connolly, Judge. Affirmed. Henry Cardona Quezada, in pro. per.; Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________

Henry Cardona Quezada appeals from the superior court’s order denying his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 We appointed counsel to represent Quezada on appeal. After reviewing the record counsel for Quezada filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 that did not identify any arguable issues. After independently reviewing the record and the contentions in Quezada’s supplemental brief, we have not identified any either. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. A Jury Convicts Quezada on Two Counts of Murder and One Count of Attempted Murder As we described in our opinion in Quezada’s direct appeal (People v. Quezada (Nov. 8, 1989, B034685) [nonpub. opn.]) (Quezada), one afternoon in September 1987 Anthony Lewis drove his car to Quezada’s house and saw Quezada standing outside. Lewis said, “Go get the gun, and I will get revenge. Somebody shot at my house.” Quezada went inside, returned with an assault rifle, and gave it to Lewis. Quezada got into the driver’s seat of Lewis’s car and drove off, with Lewis in the passenger seat. (Quezada, supra, B034685.) Quezada began following three men in a black car. The driver of the black car was Frederick Ford; Christopher Morgan was in the front passenger seat, and Arturo Gamboa was in the back. Quezada pulled alongside the black car, and Lewis made the sign of a criminal street gang with his fingers. Quezada slowed down, got behind the black car, and continued to follow it.