P. v. Burns
(Hoover) gang member was driving with his friend in the West Side Verdugo (WSV) gang area. WSV was a rival gang to Hoover. Burns had visible Hoover gang tattoos and was wearing a hat with a commonly-known Hoover gang symbol displayed on it. When they observed a police car following them, defendant took a gun from his waistband and put it under the passenger’s seat. They were stopped by the police and during a search of the vehicle, a loaded nine-millimeter semiautomatic handgun was located under the passenger’s seat. After the crime, defendant bragged in a recorded jailhouse conversation that other gang members were “spooked†of him because of the way he acted when he was on the street, and he wore gang colors during his trial.
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