Jefferson

This case is about a retaliatory driveby shooting. A jury convicted appellants Kevin Jefferson and Curtis Staten of the first degree murder of one person and of the attempted murder of another. There was no reversible error. We modify the abstracts of judgment to correct uncontested technical errors. As so modified, we affirm.

I

Tazmania Bernard was a member of the Compton Fruit Town Pira street gang. Someone shot him to death on July 30, 2005. Fellow gang members blamed Bernard’s murder on a rival Compton gang called the Varrio Tortilla Flats. Retaliation for Bernard’s death was the motive for the deadly acts that followed.

A

The next day Anthony Staniforth and his fiancée Dalinda Penaloza returned from Universal City Walk. Staniforth and Penaloza had nothing to do with gangs. It was Staniforth’s 24th birthday. Staniforth and Penaloza sat in his Jeep near her place around 11:00 at night, talking about their plans to marry. Penaloza was in the passenger seat. Staniforth was in the driver’s seat.

Anyone driving by Staniforth could see his arm tattoos, on account of his short sleeves that summer night. Penaloza identified the tattoos. Penaloza said Staniforth had no…