People v. Ford CA2/3

Filed 2/29/16 P. v. Ford CA2/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B259678

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SA086297) v.

REGINALD BAMA FORD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark E. Windham, Judge. Affirmed. Marta I. Stanton, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Robert C. Schneider, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Defendant and appellant Reginald Bama Ford raises contentions of sufficiency of the evidence and sentencing errors following his conviction of robbery and attempted

robbery, with prior serious felony conviction and prior prison term findings. For the reasons discussed below, the judgment is affirmed. BACKGROUND Viewed in accordance with the usual rules of appellate review (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206), the evidence established the following. 1. Prosecution evidence. a. The Hoyt incident. On August 24, 2012, Jillian Hoyt lived in Santa Monica. At about 10:30 a.m. that day, she walked to her car, which was parked in the alley behind her apartment. Hoyt got into the car, put her purse on the passenger seat, and was settling in with the driver’s door open when she noticed there was someone walking behind her car. Suddenly a man stuck a gun close to her head and said something like, “ ‘Give me all your money.’ ” Hoyt took her wallet from her purse and handed the man her cash. The man also demanded her iPhone and her rings, and Hoyt complied. The man then told her to throw her keys on the floor and put her head down. Hoyt again complied. After she heard the man leave, Hoyt returned to her apartment and called 9-1-1. When she was subsequently shown a photo array by the police, Hoyt identified defendant Ford as the man who had robbed her. b. The Kendrick incident. On October 9, 2012, Megan Kendrick was getting ready to leave for work from her ground-floor condominium in Santa Monica at approximately 8:40 a.m. when she heard her front door knob being jiggled. Looking through a window, she saw a man wearing a light-colored or white shirt walking away from her front door. A few minutes later, Kendrick walked out to her detached garage which opened onto an alley. Kendrick entered the garage, got into her car, and started the engine. There was construction going on in the alley; Kendrick noticed some construction equipment and a work crew. As she was about to back out of her garage, someone approached the driver’s side of her car. A man opened her car door and crouched next to her. The man “made shh-ing noises and told [her] to be quiet.” He had a gun in his right hand. Kendrick