P. v. Cardenas
In June 2008, a jury convicted appellant Jose Carlos Cardenas of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon; convicted his codefendant, appellant Oscar Alamilla Moreno, of assault with a deadly weapon; and sustained gang and great bodily injury enhancements for each conviction. (Pen. Code,[1] §§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1), 187, subd. (a), 245, subd. (a)(1), 664, 12022.7, subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced Cardenas to 20 years in state prison: a seven-year middle term for attempted murder, a three-year great bodily injury enhancement, and a 10-year gang enhancement, with sentence on the assault count stayed. (§§ 245, subd. (a)(1), 654.) Moreno received 15 years in state prison: a two-year lower term for assault with a deadly weapon, a three-year great bodily injury enhancement, and a 10-year gang enhancement. The trial court struck a prior felony conviction of unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle alleged against Moreno. (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a).)
On appeal, both appellants claim there was insufficient evidence to establish that the B Street gang (B St.) was a criminal street gang. We conclude the evidence was ample and hence affirm the judgment.
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