People v. Quevedo CA2/6

Facts Three Counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon Appellant was a member of the Temple Street criminal street gang. One evening in March 2017, E.P. (husband) and his wife, V.P. (wife), were eating dinner at a restaurant within the territory claimed by the Temple Street gang. Appellant entered the restaurant and “looked at . . . husband with . . . a bad face.” “He was mad-dogging [husband] . . . .” “ [‘M]ad-dogging[’] . . . is street vernacular for staring at him to intimidate him.” Husband and appellant exchanged words. “[A] verbal altercation between the two took place.” Husband and wife finished their meal and got up to leave. As they were walking toward the exit, appellant ran toward husband and tried to hit him. Wife “got in between” appellant and husband. Appellant kicked wife in the “left side” of her “inner thigh.” He picked up the base unit of the restaurant’s telephone and threw it at either husband or wife. The base unit hit wife in the head, causing a wound that began to bleed. Appellant was yelling, “‘This is Temple Street.’” In an apparent attempt to mollify appellant, husband said he knew “Thumper,” a member of the Temple Street gang. Appellant replied, “‘He ain’t…