P. v. Peters
Appellants Dale Joseph Evert Coley and Shane Austin Peters were jointly tried before a jury and convicted of second degree murder and attempted murder with true findings on related firearm and gang allegations. (Pen. Code, §§187, 664/187, 12022.53, 186.22.)[1] Both appellants argue that the findings on the gang allegations were not supported by substantial evidence; that the trial court should have granted a motion to reveal the identity of confidential informants who supplied information to the prosecution’s gang expert; that the failure to order disclosure of the informants’ identities violated their right to confront witnesses; and that the court should have ordered the identity of the jurors disclosed under Code of Civil Procedure sections 206 and 237. Appellant Coley additionally agues that the court should have granted the motion for self-representation he made at his sentencing hearing; that he is entitled to additional presentence credits; and that the cumulative effect of various errors deprived him of a fair trial. Appellant Peters argues that he was subjected to multiple punishment for the finding on the gang allegation, contrary to section 654. We affirm.[2]
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