P. v. Mejia
After gang taunts between Norteos and Sureos at a swap meet in Visalia, witnesses observed brothers Ismael and Sergio Meja flashing hand signs, yelling Reyes (the Spanish name of a subset of the Sureo gang), and firing guns right before one bullet just missed Isaac Tobas (a Norteo) and another bullet struck Noel Chvez (a friend of Tobass but not a gang member) on February 12, 2006. A jury found Sergio guilty of (1) attempted willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder of Chvez for the benefit of a criminal street gang with personal and intentional discharge of a firearm by a principal causing great bodily injury, (2) assault with a firearm on Chvez for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and (3) assault with a firearm on Tobas for the benefit of a criminal street gang and with personal use of a firearm. ( 186.22, subd. (b), 187, subd. (a), 189, 245, subd. (a)(2), 664, subd. (a), 12022.5, subds. (a), (d), 12022.53, subds. (d), (e)(1).) The judgment is reversed.
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