P. v. Vizcarra CA4/3
Appellant Lorenzo Vizcarra and his codefendants Luis Carmona and Michelle Hernandez were convicted of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and recklessly evading the police. The jury also found that appellant personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim and that he and Hernandez acted to benefit a criminal street gang and were guilty of street terrorism. Appellant contends there is insufficient evidence to support certain aspects of the jury’s verdict, and the introduction of hearsay evidence from the prosecution’s gang expert undermined his Sixth Amendment confrontation rights as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court in Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36 (Crawford).
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