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Facts On August 30, 2009, a group of people were gathered at the Giron home on Poseidon Drive in Palmdale. The gathering was a continuation of a birthday party which had begun at another house. About 1:00 a.m., five of the attendees were in the garage with the door open. Francisco Govea saw two women and three or four men standing around his Suzuki, which was parked across the street. One of the men was appellant. Some members of the group were leaning on the Suziki or sitting on it. Francisco asked the group to get off his "Mercedes-Benz." They did not. Francisco's girlfriend, Ashley, yelled at the women to get off the car. The women across the street then became involved in a verbal exchange with Ashley, Candice Giron and Candice's sister, Stephanie. The women began to walk toward each other. Francisco and two other men from the party, Pablo Reyes and David Martinez, walked out to make peace. Just as it appeared that the confrontation had been resolved, Candice's brother-in-law, Chris Flores, took off his shirt and yelled his gang affiliation, "CKF." The men in the group by the car all responded "DAF." DAF was a rival gang. One of the men, Jorge Linares, took off…