In re J.T. CA2/6

Filed 10/18/22 In re J.T. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 SIX

In re J.T., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B314411 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. YJ39216) (Los Angeles County)

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.T.,

Defendant and Appellant.

J.T. appeals from the judgment entered after the juvenile court sustained a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. The court found true an allegation that he had committed murder. It determined the murder to be of the first degree, i.e., willful, deliberate, and premeditated. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, subd. (a).) The court

committed appellant to the Division of Juvenile Justice. It fixed his maximum period of confinement at 25 years to life. Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to show that he shot the victim. We affirm. Facts The murder and subsequent events were recorded by video surveillance cameras. At 3:59 p.m., Derald Loadholt parked his Mercedes on Western Avenue in the City of Los Angeles. A BMW had been following the Mercedes. The BMW stopped next to the driver’s side of the parked Mercedes. The BMW’s front passenger was “wearing a red top” or a “red hoodie.” The front passenger window of the BMW was partially open. Video footage showed “a hand extending out the [front passenger] window” of the BMW and “glass [in the Mercedes] shattering and breaking.” The BMW drove away. Five bullets had struck the driver’s side of the Mercedes. Loadholt died from a gunshot wound to the head. Three 9- millimeter casings were found at the crime scene. The BMW drove to 6411 8th Avenue and arrived there at 4:04 p.m., five minutes after the shooting. The distance between the crime scene and this address is about two miles. An officer who had “driven from the crime scene to that address” estimated that it would take approximately six minutes to make the drive in “normal . . . daytime traffic.” When the BMW arrived at the location, Alon Hunt got out of the rear passenger seat and walked to a security gate. The gate led to an apartment complex were Hunt lived. Hunt opened the gate, and the BMW drove into the driveway. Hunt was wearing a gray sweatsuit.