P.v. Corona
Filed 3/10/06 P.v. Corona 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, v. ADRIAN CUEVAS CORONA, Defendant and Appellant. | E037149 (Super.Ct.No. RIF111209) O P I N I O N |
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Gordon R. Burkhart Judge. Affirmed.
Mark Alan Hart, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott C. Taylor, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Christopher Beesley, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
A jury convicted Adrian Cuevas Corona of second degree murder. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a).) He was sentenced to 15 years to life and appeals, claiming insufficiency of the evidence. We reject his contention and affirm.
Facts
On July 13, 2003, Corona borrowed his girlfriend's car, promising to return it at 5:00 a.m. the next morning. Around 2:00 a.m. on July 14, Corona and three or four bald-headed Hispanic companions were cruising the parking lot of a nightclub. The victim knocked out one of several Hispanic males in a burgundy Honda during a confrontation started by the males, and the Honda had taken off. Two minutes later, Corona and his companions drove by a group of people that included the victim. The driver's side of the car was next to the group (about four feet away), and the window of the driver's door was down. Those in the car â€
