People v. Thompson CA4/3

FACTS

A. Cole Identifies a Gang Member in a Prior Shooting In early 2013, Anthony Mosby, a member of the Tre Roc Mafia gang, was in the front passenger seat and Cole was in the back seat of a car which pulled up to a bus stop where two people were waiting for a bus. Mosby

2 asked, “Where are you from, cuz?” Mosby then fired a handgun out the window, striking one of the people. Cole later identified Mosby as the bus stop shooter. As a result, Cole, a member of the West Side Village Park gang, was beaten up for snitching and kicked out of the gang. A police officer who investigated the bus stop shooting testified that snitching is taken very seriously in gang culture and could lead to serious consequences such as physical injury or death. B. Shooting of Cole and Cleveland 1. Prosecution’s Case-in-Chief Two months after the bus stop shooting, M.T. had a party at her house, which included her best friend Cleveland and Cleveland’s friend Cole. Thompson, who M.T. had known for about a year, eventually arrived at the party uninvited. Thompson asked M.T. why she allowed a snitch in her house. Thompson told M.T. he was supposed to shoot up her house because of the snitch she let in, but…