People v. Villagrana

Filed 1/21/25; on rehearing CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B331439 (Super. Ct. No. TA128922) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County) v. OPINION ON REHEARING JAVIER VILLAGRANA, Defendant and Appellant. The victim of a “drive-by,” gang motivated shooting, who suffers six bullet wounds, and who dies as a result thereof, is a murder victim. This seems unremarkable. The only rational inference that can be drawn from this uncontested factual predicate is that the crime is murder. In…