People v. Super. Ct. (Farley)

BACKGROUND

I. Procedural history

A complaint filed on January 19, 2023, in the Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco charged Farley with four counts of murder. (§ 187, subd. (a).) Attached to each count of murder were three special circumstance allegations: discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(21)); murder by an active participant in a criminal street gang to further the activities of the gang (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(22)); and multiple murders (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The complaint further alleged various firearm use enhancements to each count of murder, including that the use of a firearm was for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a); 12022.53, subds. (b)–(e).) Counts five and six charged Farley with firearm-related offenses (§§ 246; 29800, subd. (a)(1)), and the first six counts all alleged that Farley had committed the offenses for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (§ 186.22, subd. (b).) Count seven charged Farley with the substantive offense of participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)), along with firearm-related enhancements (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a); 12022, subd. (a)(1)). Finally, the…