People v. Patton CA2/6

Facts Patton and Butler are active members of the Pasadena Denver Lanes (PDL) a Blood criminal street gang. In 2013, Patton asked Nathan Lee (aka Fidget), to "put in some work" and shoot some Crips for the gang. Lee (age 34), a former PDL gang member, had renounced his gang membership in 2006 while serving a prison sentence for gang related crimes. Lee told them "Hell No" and that he was "too damn old to be doing some crazy stuff like that." On February 19, 2014, Patton and Butler flagged Lee down in front of the Adams' house, a PDL hangout. Lee was told "You have an issue." Patton brandished a .38 snub nose revolver and Butler had a .32 caliber chrome revolver in his pocket. Patton ordered Lee into the yard. Lee asked "What did I do?" Patton responded, "You ran out on the homies in the pen [i.e., prison]. Now you are walking up and down the streets like everything cool." Patton punched Lee in the face, reached into Lee's pocket, and took

2 Patton's sentence was based on the following sentence calculation: Selecting count 2 (second degree robbery) as the principal term, the trial court imposed a two-year low term doubled to four years based on the prior strike,…