People v. Sanders CA4/1

BACKGROUND

Sanders was president of a Hells Angels chapter. Nicholas Stone was a member

of Hell's Twentyone, whose members associated with the Hells Angels. On September

14, 2009, Sanders was driving his truck on the freeway. Stone, riding a motorcycle, was

on his way home after a cancer treatment. The two got into an argument. Sanders waved

at Stone to get him to pull over. They pulled into a parking lot to settle their argument.

Sanders yelled at Stone to take off his leather jacket. The two began to fight. Stone fell

to the ground, his face bleeding. Sanders grabbed Stone by the hair, held a knife to

Stone's throat and threatened to kill him unless Stone gave Sanders his jacket. Sanders

took Stone's jacket and walked back to the truck. A bystander yelled that someone had a

2 knife, alerting a nearby police officer. The officer saw Sanders walking toward his truck

and Stone sitting on a curb about 10 feet from Sanders. Stone had a laceration on his

nose and blood all over his face. The officer yelled at Sanders to get his attention.

Sanders looked back at the officer, then began running toward the driver's door of his

truck. The officer ordered…