· 12/23/1996
People v. Gardeley
Citations
- 14 Cal. 4th 605
- 927 P.2d 713
- 59 Cal. Rptr. 2d 356
- 96 Daily Journal DAR 15380
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9336
- 1996 Cal. LEXIS 6830
How courts have described this case
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- holding gang expert’s testimony admissible to explain assaults were gang-related activity and that Family Crip gang fit definition of “criminal street gang” under STEP Act
- sufficient evidence where assault was committed in public, and expert testified that gangs often commit violent assaults in public “to frighten the residents of an area where the gang members sell drugs, thereby securing the gang’s drug-dealing stronghold”
- sufficient evidence where assault was committed in public, and expert testified that gangs often commit violent assaults in public “to frighten the residents of an area where the gang members sell drugs, thereby securing the gang’s drug-dealing stronghold”
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Judges: Kennard
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