People v. Sanders CA4/1

BACKGROUND

In April 2007, Sanders was president of the San Diego chapter of the Hells

Angels, deemed by law enforcement to be an outlaw motorcycle gang. At a Hells Angels

meeting in their clubhouse, Sanders called for a vote, and Nick Neff was voted out of the

Hells Angels in bad standing. Neff was attacked and, at Sanders's direction, taken

outside and restrained. Neff was brought back into the clubhouse and Sanders restrained

him while, at Sanders's direction, Hells Angels vice president David Dabbs used a tattoo

gun to obliterate all of Neff's tattoos. Sanders warned Neff that if he spoke to the police,

the Hells Angels would cut off his head. Sanders and two other Hells Angels' members

took Neff, in Sanders's truck, to retrieve the title to Neff's motorcycle. Neff signed over

the title under duress. Sanders and the two other Hells Angels' members then took Neff

to Neff's home, where the two other members escorted Neff inside. There, the two

members took a television, a Hells Angels calendar and photographs of Hells Angels'

2 members. In June 2011, Neff's motorcycle was recovered outside the clubhouse in…