People v. Quinn CA3

Filed 5/24/24 P. v. Quinn CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Yuba) ----

THE PEOPLE, C098436

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. CRF2200121)

v.

AARON TOBIAS QUINN,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Aaron Tobias Quinn led a highway patrol officer on a high-speed chase ending with defendant crashing into a pole. Defendant then leaned out of his car and shot at the officer. The trial court admitted testimony at trial about two prior times defendant evaded law enforcement officials and admitted a certified record of conviction for one of those incidents. A jury found defendant guilty of, among other crimes, reckless evasion of a peace officer and premeditated attempted murder. On appeal, defendant challenges the admission of the prior incidents, challenges the admission of his record of conviction,

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and asserts the trial court erred by failing to stay sentence for either his evasion or attempted murder conviction. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND At trial, California Highway Patrol Officer Ryan Lambert testified that on January 16, 2022, defendant led him on a lengthy high-speed chase while Officer Lambert was in a marked patrol car with activated sirens. Defendant eventually lost control of his car and crashed into a power line pole. Defendant then leaned out of his car and started shooting at Officer Lambert, who got behind his patrol car door and returned fire. Officer Lambert moved behind his patrol car and he and defendant exchanged gunfire multiple times while Lambert waited for backup to arrive. Several rounds struck Officer Lambert’s car’s bumper, hood, and windshield. Additional officers arrived and eventually arrested defendant. Officers also searched defendant’s car and found 49 rounds of ammunition, baggies of methamphetamine, a digital scale, a firearm holster near the front passenger seat, and a semiautomatic pistol with nine live rounds, one of which failed to correctly feed through the firearm. At trial, the trial court admitted evidence of two prior times defendant evaded law enforcement officials because these acts were probative as to defendant’s intent and the absence of mistake. For the first event, former Oroville Police Chief Mitchell Brown testified that in June 2007, he aided another officer in a high-speed pursuit of defendant. Both officers drove unmarked cars but had flashing lights and sirens activated. During the pursuit, defendant drove in the wrong lane and another officer in a marked police car with activated sirens drove in the opposite direction and had to swerve off the road to avoid hitting defendant. Defendant also turned his truck into Chief Brown’s car, crushing the driver’s side door and temporarily trapping Chief Brown in his vehicle. The prosecutor introduced certified records of conviction showing defendant pled guilty or no contest for