People v. Melendez CA4/3

FACTS

Around noon on December 4, 2007, someone shot Julio outside the Western Union office at the intersection of 17th and Spurgeon Streets in Santa Ana. Julio had driven there in the company of a friend, Daniela H. (Daniela). On December 21, 2007, police officers responding to a report of a man brandishing a gun, found a black Astra semiautomatic nine-millimeter handgun in a house then occupied by Melendez, Rocko Savastano, Robert Reyes, Jr., and Arthur Martinez, all members of either the Logan Street or Delhi criminal street gangs and convicted felons. 1. December 4 a. Daniela Daniela was 15 years old when the shooting occurred. Santa Ana Police Officer Gregory Stys arrived at the scene of the shooting within minutes. Stys was familiar with the area because he had previously been assigned to patrol there. During this time he had talked to numerous members of the Logan Street criminal street gang and noticed Logan Street graffiti in the area.

Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 (Pitchess).

3 Stys first contacted Julio, who was lying on the ground and bleeding from a wound in his torso. Then he spoke to Daniela, who appeared to be upset and erratic. Daniela told…