P. v. Cooper CA2/1
Defendant Mark Cooper and three unidentified confederates, entered a home in a mobile home park ostensibly to purchase a large quantity of marijuana from the head of the household, Mr. Padilla, living there with his family. Defendant and two of his confederates were armed with firearms. Padilla’s son-in-law, Mr. Vidal, and friend, Ms. Loza, were present, and Padilla’s neighbor, Mr. Gonzalez, entered towards the end of the events. The outcome of the transaction and the ensuing violence left Vidal dead at the hand of one of the confederates to whom defendant gave his gun upon another confederate’s command to “shoot.” Gonzalez also was shot, but he survived, as did Padilla, another target of the shooting. After the shootings, defendant and his confederates fled with the marijuana.
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