People v. Prado CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Evidence presented at trial supports the following factual account:

I. Prosecution Case

A. On May 27, 2016, Defendant Prado Is Shot and His Fellow Gang Member Is Killed by Gunfire At all times relevant to this case, Prado was a member of the 83rd Street BRS Clique of the Sur Trece criminal street gang, and his moniker was Droopy. On the evening on May 27, 2016— around 10 and a half months before the crimes in this case occurred—Prado was standing on Raymond Street in Compton (where he lived) with Martin Mendiola, a founding member and leader of the 83rd Street BRS Clique, whose moniker was Diablo. Someone opened fire on them, killing Martin Mendiola and striking Prado in the neck with a bullet. At the time of the shooting, Prado did not identify the shooter to the police. Around a year later, when he was in custody on an attempted murder charge that was not part of this case, Prado identified the May 27, 2016 shooter as Valentin Quintero, moniker “Psycho,” from the Barrio Trece criminal street gang.

2Prado does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions in this case.

3 B. In April 2017, Jose Mendiola, Martin Mendiola’s…