People v. Sanchez CA2/7

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 16, 2023B318937California4,645 words

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facts is based on that evidentiary presentation.

3 Santos and David Kuk were members of the Grandview clique.) The 18th Street gang’s rivals included the Temple Street gang. On Saturday, September 6, 2003, while members of the Red Shield and Grandview cliques were drinking beer and socializing together, someone (Sanchez, according to Pacheco) suggested they go on a mission to exact revenge against the Temple Street gang, apparently because one of its members had assaulted Santos Kuk. Sanchez drove a stolen minivan. Rossier, Flores, Fuentes and Eric Vasquez, another 18th Street gang member, as well as the Kuk brothers, were inside the minivan. The group traveled to a commercial location where Pacheco provided them with two guns and then left the group. Flores took the shotgun, and Fuentes the rifle. At one point the group saw a rival gang member who had been identified as a target, but Sanchez said not to shoot because there was a woman with a baby nearby. Sanchez continued to drive around the neighborhood for several hours looking for “enemies” to shoot. As the minivan drove past the Kuk brothers’ home, which was in Temple Street gang territory, several Temple Street gang members…

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