People v. Jones CA2/2

── People v. Jones CA2/2 ── Court: California Court of Appeal Date: May 28, 2026 Category: General Filed 5/28/26 P. v. Jones CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 TWO THE PEOPLE, B341069 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County v. Super. Ct. No. XSCTA158511) TREMONT NAVON JONES, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, B342267 Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FREDDIE LEE TRONE, Defendant and Appellant. APPEALS from judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Connie R. Quinones, Judge. The judgment as to Jones is affirmed as modified. The judgment as to Trone is affirmed. James Koester, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Tremont Navon Jones.  Winston Kevin McKesson for Defendant and Appellant Freddie Lee Trone. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Noah P. Hill, Kathy S. Pomerantz, and David F. Glassman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________ A jury convicted defendant Tremont Navon Jones of second degree robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, and convicted defendant Freddie Lee Trone of first degree felony murder, second degree robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery. Defendants now appeal their convictions. The People concede, and we agree, there are clerical errors in Jones’s abstract of judgment that must be corrected. In all other respects, we affirm. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On September 12, 2022, around 12:27 p.m.,1 Rakim Allen, a rap artist who performed under the name PnB Rock, and his fiancée Stephanie S.2 entered Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant (Roscoe’s) in South Los Angeles wearing jewelry worth 1 The investigating officers composed a timeline using footage from multiple cameras. The record indicates certain footage was four minutes fast while other footage ran four minutes slow. We refer to the timeline presented by the People for consistency. Defendants do not dispute any discrepancy in the timeline. 2 We refer to the victim by her first name and last initial to protect her privacy interests. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.90(b)(4).) 2 approximately $500,000. Jones, a former Roscoe’s employee who frequently visited the location, was already inside eating a meal. After seeing Allen, Jones fist bumped him and left Roscoe’s a few minutes later. Surveillance footage showed after Jones left, he waited under a stairwell in the strip mall where Roscoe’s was located. At 1:06 p.m., a man later identified as Trone entered Roscoe’s parking lot driving a Buick Enclave (Buick), got out of the car, and met with Jones under the stairwell. After Defendants finished their conversation, Jones walked to a car, ducked out of view of the surveillance camera, reemerged, and walked back toward Trone. While Defendants stood near each other with their backs to the camera, Jones had an object and a towel in his right hand. Trone then walked away with an object in his left hand while Jones no longer carried the object. Trone returned to the Buick and drove away. A few minutes later, the Buick stopped alongside a sidewalk near Roscoe’s to let an individual later identified as Trone’s