People v. Lachan CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

A second amended information listed numerous counts against Lachan and Fitch. With respect to Lachan, these counts consisted of conspiracy to commit robbery (Pen. Code, § 182, subd. (a)(1); count 1),2 participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a); count 2), 36 counts of second degree robbery (§ 212.5, subd. (c); counts 3-4, 7-9, 12-17, 19, 29-32, 35-38, 40, 50-54, 59, 62-68, 71-72), 11 counts of felony false imprisonment (§§ 236, 237, subd. (a); counts 10-11, 18, 20, 23, 33-34, 39, 44-45, 47), four counts of attempted second degree robbery (§§ 212.5, subd. (c), 664; counts 21-22, 69-70), three counts of dissuading a witness by force (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1); counts 5, 41, 60), five counts of dissuading a witness with an act done in furtherance of a conspiracy (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(2); counts 6, 42, 61, 75-76), and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited due to a prior felony conviction (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1); count 74). The second amended information listed numerous gang and firearm allegations and a prior prison term allegation (§§ 186.22, subd. (b), 667.5, subd. (b), 12022.53, subds. (b) & (e)(1)). Lachan and Fitch were…