P. v. Alvarez CA2/5
“Annice Waldrop [was] sitting in a car with [Charles] Keaton [(the victim) near] Westlake and Maryland Streets [o]n the afternoon of November 20, 2001. [The victim] wanted to purchase drugs before they left. []Aguilar approached the car and asked if they wanted to buy something. []Waldrop said, ‘“A nickel.”’ As soon as []Aguilar stepped toward the car with the cocaine base in his hand, police officers came out of the alley. []Aguilar dropped the cocaine base to the ground. [The victim] began eating crackers. The officers ordered []Aguilar to the sidewalk area [and] . . . told [him] to turn around and put his hands on his head. [¶]
“One of the officers approached the car . . . [and] asked [the victim] and []Waldrop what they were doing. They told the officer they were trying to sell []Aguilar a Walkman. The officer asked, ‘“What else are you guys doing?”’
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