In re David A. CA4/3

FACTS

One evening around 9:30 p.m., appellant, Omar Sandoval, and Victor Mondragon, all members of the Anaheim Travelers City gang (ATC), drove into the territory of a rival gang known as Barrio Small Town (BST). Sandoval was driving, appellant was in the front passenger seat, and Mondragon sat directly behind appellant in the back. Their vehicle pulled out of an alley and turned in front of police officers Salvador Enriquez and Richard Browning, who were patrolling the area in a marked squad car. Both cars yielded momentarily before Browning motioned appellant’s group to move along. As appellant’s vehicle pulled away, the officers followed it. They noticed the vehicle’s left tail light was broken, and a computer check on its license plate turned up a warrant for someone who resembled Sandoval.1 The officers also noticed appellant was wearing a type of baseball cap favored by ATC members. They thought it was highly suspicious that members of that gang would be travelling in territory claimed by

BST.

After following appellant’s car a few blocks, the officers activated their overhead lights. Appellant’s vehicle slowed at first, but then accelerated quickly down a

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