Filed 4/2/21 P. v. Godbolt CA2/2
Review denied 6/30/21; reposted with Supreme Court order and statement

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE, B302235

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. KA116437)
v.
ORDER MODIFYING OPINION
JAYLIN GODBOLT et al., AND DENYING PETITION FOR
REHEARING
Defendants and Appellants. [CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

THE COURT:

The opinion filed herein on March 12, 2021, is modified as
follows:

The DISPOSITION at pages 58–59 is deleted in its
entirety. The following DISPOSITION is inserted in its place:
DISPOSITION
Appellants’ convictions for the attempted murder of Manuel
Jose Jimenez are reversed. Appellants’ cases are remanded with
directions to enter new sentences that reflect the reversal of the
convictions for the attempted murder of Manuel Jose Jimenez
and the striking of the associated enhancements. With respect to
each appellant, the sentence is to be reduced by a term of 40
years to life imprisonment, comprised of 15 years for the offense
and 25 years for the enhancement under Penal Code section
12022.53, subdivision (d), resulting in the following new
sentences: Godbolt for a term of 230 years to life; Ray for a term
of 230 years to life; and Wise for a term of 170 years to life.
The judgment as to Godbolt is to be corrected to provide for
a court security fee of $930 under Penal Code section 1465.8 and
a criminal conviction assessment of $1,240 under Government
Code section 70373.
The superior court is directed to correct the abstracts of
judgment as follows:
(1) In Godbolt’s abstract, the number of determinate years
is to be reduced from 252 to 250 (abstract, p. 1, para. 6) and the
sentence is to be reduced by 40 years to reflect the reversal of the
conviction for the attempted murder of Manuel Jose Jimenez;
also in Godbolt’s abstract, in all but the 25 robbery counts, the
convictions must be shown to be based on convictions by a jury
instead of being based on pleas.
(2) In Ray’s abstract, in all but the 28 robbery counts, the
convictions must be shown to be based on convictions by a jury
instead of being based on pleas; and the sentence is to be reduced
by 40 years to reflect the reversal of the conviction for the
attempted murder of Manuel Jose Jimenez.

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(3) In Wise’s abstract, the sentence is to be reduced by 40
years to reflect the reversal of the conviction for the attempted
murder of Manuel Jose Jimenez.
The superior court shall issue new abstracts of judgment
that correct the errors noted and that reflect the new sentences
imposed on appellants. The court shall forward the new
abstracts of judgment to the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
In all other respects, the judgments are affirmed.

This modification changes the judgment.

The petition for rehearing filed March 18, 2021, is denied.

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LUI, P. J. CHAVEZ, J. HOFFSTADT, J.

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Filed 3/12/21 P. v. Godbolt CA2/2 (unmodified opinion)
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE, B302235

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. KA116437)
v.

JAYLIN GODBOLT et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEALS from judgments of the Superior Court of
Los Angeles County, Steven D. Blades, Judge. Affirmed in part,
reversed in part, and remanded with directions.
Benjamin Owens, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Jaylin Godbolt.
Patricia Ihara, under appointment by the Court of Appeal,
for Defendant and Appellant Sean Ray.
David Y. Stanley, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Branden M. Wise.
Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters,
Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey,
Assistant Attorney General, Noah P. Hill, and Thomas C. Hsieh,
Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Jaylin Godbolt (Godbolt), Sean Ray (Ray), and Branden
Wise (Wise), collectively referred to as appellants, were jointly
tried before a jury which found them guilty of first degree
murder, four attempted murders, and of shooting at an inhabited
building. Godbolt and Ray appeal from judgments imposing on
each of them terms of imprisonment of 270 years to life and Wise
appeals from a judgment and sentence of 210 years to life
imprisonment.
We reject appellants’ contention that their jailhouse
statements admitting these charges should have been excluded.
We conclude that one of the attempted murder convictions must
be reversed because it is not supported by any evidence. We find
that errors in the abstracts of judgment must be corrected. We
remand the cases with directions to enter new sentences that
exclude the convictions for one of the attempted murders, to
correct the errors in the abstracts of judgment that are noted in
our opinion, and to issue new abstracts of judgment reflecting
these changes. Otherwise, we affirm the judgments.
Prior to the trial which resulted in this appeal, Godbolt
pleaded no contest to 25 counts of robbery and he admitted gang

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(Pen. Code, § 186.22(b)(1)(C)),1 firearm (§§ 12022.53(b)(e)(1),
12022(a)(1)), and “on-bail”2 enhancements. The pleas were in
exchange for the agreed upon disposition of a sentence of 20 years
and included a waiver of appellate rights as to these robbery
charges.
Also prior to trial, Ray pleaded nolo contendere to 28 counts
of robbery and 2 counts of possessing a firearm in a vehicle. He
admitted the gang, firearm, and “on-bail” enhancements. As with
Godbolt, the agreed upon disposition was a determinate sentence
of 20 years and a waiver of appellate rights as to these charges.
THE VERDICTS AND THE SENTENCES
All three appellants were found guilty of the first degree
murder of Florencio Ramirez. Gang enhancements and multiple
firearm enhancements were found to be true of these crimes.
Appellants were also found guilty of the attempted murders of
Nancy Orozco, Stephanie Gastelo, Maria Alvarez, and Manuel
Jose Jimenez. Each of these attempted murders were found to be
willful, deliberate, and premeditated. Gang enhancements and
multiple firearm enhancements were found to be true as to each
of these four crimes. Godbolt and Ray were found guilty of
shooting at an inhabited building and once again gang
enhancements and several firearm enhancements were found to
be true. Godbolt admitted “on-bail” enhancements as to all of
these crimes.

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1Statutory references are to the Penal Code unless
otherwise noted.
2This enhancement is based on the fact that at the time of
the commission of the offense, the defendant had been released
from custody on his own recognizance or on bail. (§ 12022.1.)

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Godbolt was sentenced to a total term of 270 years to life.
This was composed of 25 years to life for the first degree murder,
five times 15 years to life for the attempted murders and shooting
at an inhabited building, and six times 25 years to life for the
enhancement under section 12022.53(d),3 for a total of 250 years
to life.4 Twenty years for the robberies was added under the
terms of the plea agreement.
Ray was sentenced to a total term of 270 years to life. The
composition of this sentence was the same as Godbolt’s.5
Wise was sentenced to a term of 210 years to life. His
sentence was composed of 25 years to life for first degree murder,
four times 15 years to life for the attempted murders and 125
years to life for the five firearm enhancements.
We address the specific fines and fees imposed in
discussing the contentions advanced regarding these fines.
The appeals are from the judgments.
THE FACTS
We summarize the facts of the counts that went to trial.

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3 Thisenhancement is for personally and intentionally
discharging firearm proximately causing great bodily injury.
(§ 12022.53(d).)
4 Godbolt’s abstract of judgment erroneously states that
252 years were imposed on the counts that went to trial. The
abstract of judgment is also in error in recording that all of
Godbolt’s convictions were based on pleas. These errors will have
to be corrected.
5 The abstract of Ray’s judgment also needs to be corrected
in that it shows the convictions to be based on pleas.

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1. The Shootings
The fusillade of gunfire that killed Florencio Ramirez and
nearly produced four more murders took place against the
backdrop of long-standing hostile tensions between the 76 East
Coast Crips6 gang and the Florencia 13, a Hispanic gang, on turf
that was disputed between these two warring factions.
Appellants were members of the East Coast Crips, the 76 East
Coast Crips being a subset neighborhood gang of the East Coast
Crips.
The shootings took place on August 19, 2017, shortly after
midnight on 77th Street near Parmelee Avenue. A group of five
on four bikes was proceeding south on Parmelee and turned on
77th Street. They had been at the home of Nancy Orozco
(Orozco) and Florencio Ramirez (Ramirez) and were on their way
to another friend’s house. Orozco and Ramirez were on one bike.
They were in the lead, followed by Manuel Jose Jimenez
(Jimenez), Maria Alvarez (Alvarez), and Stephanie Gastelo
(Gastelo). After a short exchange with a person in a white
Cherokee, Gastelo saw a black Honda7 with its bottom lights lit
on 77th Street. As Gastelo looked back, she saw the person in the
left back come out of the Honda halfway and start shooting. The
shots were aimed at Gastelo. She jumped off her bike after the
first five shots and got between two cars; she felt she had been
hit. The Honda moved up and got closer to Gastelo and two more
shots were fired. Gastelo was hit in her buttocks and two more
shots skinned her left elbow and left rib cage.

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6 This refers to East Los Angeles.
7 The Honda was a stolen vehicle.

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Alvarez saw three people in the Honda shooting. They
were the driver, the rear passenger and the front passenger who
was firing out the window and over the hood of the car. They
were shooting in Gastelo’s and Alvarez’s direction.8 Alvarez saw
Jimenez run off on foot. Once the shooters stopped firing at
Gastelo, they started shooting at Ramirez and Orozco who were
trying to get behind a car. The Honda started to back up and
Alvarez remembered thinking, “Oh, my God, we’re dead. We’re
dead.”
Orozco heard four or five shots and then Gastelo was
yelling that they were shooting. Orozco was shot in her left
buttock and she and Ramirez fell off the bike. Ramirez said he
had been shot and he appeared to be in pain. Ramirez died as a
result of a single gunshot that entered his back. He had “F13”
tattooed on his body and was a member of the Florencia 13 gang.
2. A prior altercation
On August 8, 2017, two deputy sheriffs responded to a call
reporting an illegal shooting on Parmelee Avenue. The deputies
found two .9-millimeter casings, two .40-millimeter casings, and a
live .40-caliber round on the scene.
An Instagram posting by Ray on August 9, 2017, states
that his car got shot up by the Florencia gang. Ray was arrested
on August 13, 2017, for a traffic violation and was found to be in
possession of a .9-millimeter Taurus pistol. The casings found on
August 8, 2017, were found to have been fired by this pistol.
Other casings found on August 8, 2017, were found to have been
fired by a gun in the possession of a Florencia 13 gang member.

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8 “It all happened so fast. It felt like the 4th of July that
night.” (Alvarez testifying.)

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3. Ray is arrested in possession of a weapon used in
the shootings
Among other objects, four .9-millimeter casings were found
on the scene of the shootings by a forensic identification
specialist.
Ray was arrested on August 19, 2017, when he was spotted
standing by the stolen Honda. A .9-millimeter gun was found in
the car. The four .9-millimeter casings recovered from the scene
of the shooting were fired from this gun.
4. The investigation
Detective Dean Camarillo (Camarillo) of the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department was assigned to investigate
Ramirez’s murder. Camarillo arrived at the scene of the
shootings in the early morning hours of August 19, 2017, and
oversaw the collection of evidence.
Camarillo had considerable experience with gangs and
particularly with the Florencia 13 gang. He was also familiar
with the 76 East Coast Crips. Over time, he became aware of the
August 8, 2017 shooting involving Ray and a Florencia 13 gang
member. He learned that Ray and Wise lived near each other,
close to the site of the shootings, and that there was a connection
between the two men. He also learned that Wise was in county
jail. He decided to proceed with what he called a “Perkins
operation” with Wise.9