People v. Sanchez CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual background4 In February 2008, Sanchez was a passenger in a car driven by a fellow Norteño gang member, Charles Arroyo. (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) As they drove to Sanchez’s house, Sanchez pointed out two teenage pedestrians and said they were Sureños. (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) Sanchez, who was 16 at the time, showed Arroyo a semiautomatic handgun and said they should shoot the pedestrians. (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) Arroyo stopped the car approximately 20 feet from the teenagers and Sanchez asked if the teenagers “ ‘banged.’ ” (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) Sanchez called out “ ‘Salinas East Market’ ” and opened fire on the pedestrians, hitting each of them twice. (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) Police later recovered nine bullet casings at the scene of the shooting. (Sanchez, supra, H037360.) B. Procedural background On June 23, 2011, a jury convicted Sanchez of two counts of attempted first degree murder (§§ 664, 187, subd. (a)); two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (§ 245, subd. (b)); and one count of street terrorism (§ 186.22, subd. (a)). The jury also found true the associated criminal street gang and firearm…