California Court of Appeal

In a case involving substantial evidence review of gang enhancements to a sentence, the sentence is affirmed over defendant's claims that 1) the jury had no basis for finding his gang a "criminal street gang"; 2) no evidence showed his evasion of police in a car chase was related to his gang; and 3) no evidence supported a finding that his gun possession was "gang related".

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2008
• Published 04/22/2008

Judges

• WILEY, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Leonard J. Klaif, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr. and Nancy G. James, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.