People v. Love CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. Underlying crimes In August 2015, defendant belonged to the “Blocc Crips” gang, which is a subset of the “Rolling 100s” gang. The month before, a prominent member of the Rolling 100s gang was gunned down, and the Rolling 100s—and their affiliates—openly declared war on all rival gangs; they called it “100 Days, 100 Nights.” The Hoover Criminals gang was one of those rival gangs. On August 11, 2015, defendant and his fellow Blocc Crips gang member Antwoine Vaughn (Vaughn) asked their friend

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. Effective June 30, 2022, section 1170.95 was renumbered section 1172.6, with no change in text (Stats. 2022, ch. 58, § 10). We therefore refer to the law formerly codified at section 1170.95 as section 1172.6.

2 Timothy Boykins (Boykins) if they could use his car to drive into Hoover Criminals territory. When Boykins declined, defendant and Vaughn decided that (1) defendant would drive Vaughn in a white Dodge Magnum registered to Nichelle Carter (Carter), a woman with whom defendant was in a relationship (rather than in the Audi defendant owned in his…