People v. Lewis CA2/1

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The victim, Darsy Noriega (“Mickey”), and all three defendants, Vince Lewis (“Shady”), Ariana Coronel (“Temper”) and Mirian Herrera (“Loca”) are members of the Easy Riders gang. The Easy Riders are enemies of the Dead End Harpees. On January 31, 2011, Coronel sent a text message to an unidentified recipient that stated in relevant part: “[W]e [are] kicking [Mickey] out the hood cuz [S]ilent1 told me a HPS2 in jail said she was fucking one of [th]em.” On February 2, 2011, Coronel sent several text messages to several unidentified recipients. The first message stated: “Homies from [that] ERS3 gang mando hood meeting tonight at 10 pm. Shady is calling it.” The second message, seven minutes later, read: “Mickey getting the boot.” The third message stated: “We’re gonna take Mickey outta the hood[.] Don’t say anything[.] We don’t want to scare her.” Coronel’s next message read: “At [10] pm Mickey is getting the boot[.] [T]hey [are] waiting for me to get out of work to do this.” Coronel’s final message before the meeting stated: “Mickey is getting the boot out the hood.” Although the recipients of Coronel’s messages were not identified at trial, the jury…