Filed 8/18/20 P. v. Anthony CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR THE PEOPLE, B295757 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA061302) v. DION ANTHONY, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, Shannon Knight, Judge. Affirmed. Daniel G. Koryn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, David E. Madeo and Thomas C. Hsieh, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Defendant Dion Anthony appeals from a judgment sentencing him to 25 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder (Pen. Code,1 § 187, subd. (a)). He raises two issues on appeal. First, he contends the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the information based upon the People’s failure to comply with the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (§ 1389). Second, he contends the court erred by admitting the preliminary hearing testimony of one of the prosecution’s witnesses after finding that the prosecution exercised due diligence in attempting to secure the witness’s presence at trial. We conclude the record supports the trial court’s determinations as to both issues. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. BACKGROUND In 2013, Lydia Castillo lived in a two-bedroom mobile home in Lancaster. She was in a non-exclusive dating relationship with defendant, whom she called Ace. Defendant lived in Colorado, but had family (including two teenage sisters) in Lancaster and often visited the area. One of those visits occurred in mid-June 2013.2 On the night of June 18, Castillo and defendant spent the night at the home of defendant’s great-aunt, Carolyn Walls. They left Walls’s home at around noon on June 19. 1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 Unless otherwise stated, further references to dates are to the year 2013. 2 The next morning, on June 20, defendant went to Walls’s house to pick up his sisters, who were living there. He told Walls that he was taking his sisters, by bus, to Colorado, and he asked Walls for money to buy his sisters’ bus tickets. Although Walls gave him the money, defendant drove his sisters to Colorado in Castillo’s car. A. Discovery of Castillo’s Body and Investigation Castillo was close to her younger sister, Rosalina Lozano, and the two spoke almost every day. On the afternoon of June 19, Lozano invited Castillo over to her home for dinner. Castillo declined, telling Lozano that she was meeting with defendant. Over the next few days, Lozano and other family members tried ...
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