at pp. The Attorney General argues at great length that the assault conspiracies were separate from each other because defendant had different, personal reasons for assaulting Cervantes and not Levyas. They sometimes spoke during a three-way call involving Debbie. As the jury was instructed, case law has established that some conditional threats still qualify as "so" unconditional as to convey the serious intention of the utterer and a future prospect of execution to the listener. A telephone conversation on April 3, 2007 beginning at 10:36 p.m. became a three-way call. He again asked what she was talking about, and she reminded him of the "literally" part of a letter. She recorded their conversation. CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO JAIL (COUNT 4). Debbie lost contact with defendant after her release from the juvenile facility until 2005. (Santa Clara County Super. Anthony "Chavo" Jacobs is currently in prison, but his family has been moved into witness relocation. "It even says, 'you better ask somebody.' The premise of defendant's assertion of one overarching conspiracy is that everything defendant did was for the advancement and under the direction of the NF gang. Not every recorded call was played for the jury while Debbie was on the witness stand. fat ass know . at pp. At the time, Greg was housed in an area of the jail known as the snake pits, along with David "Pookie" Bermudez and Aldo "Droopy" Martinez. Who is the leader of the sureos? And, again, immediateobviously, the Defendant does not have someone right there at the time the letter is read to carry out the threat, but that's not what the law requires. Viramontes turned toward the open garage and tried to run into his home. Tirri became a NR member in April 2001. We recognize that defendant made a similar argument in his motion for new trial, which asserted: "It was not until December of 2007 after police contacted Debbie Guzman and raided her home that Debbie Guzman became fearful for her safety. Pandilleros de la Dieciocho, Los ngeles, Estados Unidos. WebCervantes' rise marked the first time in decades that the Norteos had a single leader at the helm of their criminal organization. WebCervantes rise marked the first time in decades that the Norteos had a single leader at the helm of their criminal organization. Use our proprietary AI tool CaseIQ to find other relevant judgments with just one click. ['] Shut the hell up. She stated, "I said I wouldn't do that, you dork. This led to a power struggle between the federal prisoners and NF members who remained in Pelican Bay. The gang has allegiance to the CA prison gang, Mexican Mafia, aka La Eme. . Citation. They called each other only about important matters like the prices of dope. The NF members on the " 'street' " were under the control of the Regional Security Department (RSD) to whom they were to report. After defendant was incarcerated, Ramirez contacted defendant's PCP supplier, Mario, and obtained PCP from him. According to Frank Ruiz, there is no protocol to removing sex offenders. The Attorney General characterizes some of the statements in Vargas as dicta that "should be considered in the light of the specific facts of the case." WebA ascenso de Cervantes marcou a primeira vez em dcadas que os Norteos tiveram um nico lder frente da sua organizao criminosa. Defendant did not believe Cervantes and believed Cervantes was hiding from people trying to collect on defendant's behalf. (Id. You got to look.[']". 17.05 as follows: "The Defendant is accused of committing the crimes of conspiracy in Counts 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. A few minutes later, her sister came home and told her defendant's friend was looking for her. I believe his name is Henry Leyva. Ruiz told him not to worry about it and just pay it off after his release. While Debbie testified that she was not immediately concerned about the August 15 letter, she did not forget about it either. Even if each gang member had uniformly testified that the gang controlled all his thoughts and actions and those of other NF members, the jury would not have been required to believe them. [] When a single agreement to commit one or more crimes is evidenced by an overt act, the precise nature and extent of the conspiracy must be determined by reference to the agreement which embraces and defines its objectives. Officer Gillotte understood the directive about dealing with Leyvas to mean he was to be assaulted at the first opportunity. Defendant did not argue to the jury that the fear his letter caused Debbie was superseded by an intervening cause. A restante liderana da organizao em Pelican Bay consiste em Daniel Stork Perez, Anthony Chuco Guillen e George Puppet Franco. Gillotte attempted to locate Cervantes, but he was not in custody. Count 4 alleged that defendant and seven other individuals, five named in count 2, conspired with others to smuggle a controlled substance into a penal institution between January 1 and June 1, 2007. Ruiz's kite was intended to calm people in Elmwood down, on the false assumption that Cervantes had already been removed. The next rung of leaders in Pelican Bay includes Daniel Stork Perez of Salinas; Anthony Chuco Guillen of San Jose, who was involved in the murder of a Somebody's wife was going to bring it to the guy who takes it in. Code, 182, subd. "[Defendant] Because you're the only girl that I love . Resolution of conflicts and inconsistencies in the testimony is the exclusive province of the trier of fact. Norteno gang member found guilty of drug possession while. Daniel "Bear" Cervantes was the alleged victim of the assault conspiracy in count 6. Before trial, in a motion to set aside the indictment defendant contended that "Counts 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 should either be set aside or consolidated into one single conspiracy count" instead of being pursued as separate conspiracies. She asked, " 'Cause I know you, babe, would you really do that?" After his testimony to the grand jury, deputy Frank Lopez This is mere argument on appeal. Thus his removal was just.' "It was a successful day out.". As they do not involve criminal street gangs in general or the NF in particular, we see no need to distinguish each factually, as the Attorney General has done. Sigue activa La Eme? (Id. She had also tried unsuccessfully to collect the debt from "Bear" at defendant's request. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world Ruiz was the NF's authority in charge at the time. The Ruiz kite, addressed to the Elmwood facility, was intercepted and brought to the attention of Dennis Gillotte, a Correctional Deputy for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. According to Sergeant Lewis, a NF member who is "deemed no good" by a gang member is subject to violent assault by other NF members. WebAntonio Cojuangco (born in 1951) is a Filipino Businessman from Manila, Philippines. Clark became second in command in defendant's regiment, which meant that Clark reported to him and took care of the drug sales. Debbie acknowledged that the program had helped her with expenses for relocation, rent, meals, utilities, and emergency medical care. He's to be dealt with ASAP.' After they married, defendant told her he was in Category II of the NF and ran the local streets. When the ally produced a gun, Clark shot them both. He asked what and she answered, "The [']literally['] part." The Attorney General asserts that the jury in this case could have reasonably concluded: "the NF's goal was simply to have money put in the NF bank and on the books for members of the NF"; defendant's " methamphetamine and PCP conspiracies were in his private interest, each involving separate, if sometimes overlapping groups, and that while he paid dues to NF and was given street authority by Guillen, the conspiracies alleged were not solely conspiracies with members of the NF solely to fund the NF"; and defendant "did not have an agreement with the NF as such, but rather that any agreement he had was with Guillen, the NF general in Pelican Bay who controlled the street regiments." According to Ramirez, the four regiment leaders only met twice in person and Debbie was not in attendance. Gillotte spoke with Leyvas about going into protective custody. Mendoza described what he considered to be an indirect communication by Guillen to defendant. It's commission monthlies, they call them monthlies on every member of the regiment is to pay $200, and it goes back to the main bank plus the 25 percent." . Debbie commented, "all that drama just over $400." While defendant laughed, she continued, "Ass kicking, you can ask somebody." 'Claims challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to uphold a judgment are generally reviewed under the substantial evidence standard. It's not contestable. . Sureos ( Spanish for Southerners ) are a group of Mexican-American street gangs with origins in In May or June 2006, Greg approached Clark about working in defendant's regiment. We have summarized above (in part II.A.5) the evidence that members of other regiments were paying dues to incarcerated leaders of the NF, but there was no similar evidence that defendant had paid any NF dues or put any money on Guillen's books or in a NF bank. ), Mendoza, supra, 59 Cal.App.4th 1333 illustrates that actions by others can also make a threat real after it is uttered. ". . Unspecified section references are to the Penal Code. Debbie had another telephone conversation with Clark on February 16. Debbie testified that she provided methamphetamine and PCP to Cindy at Cindy's request so that she could give them to Greg, who was in jail. [] The word 'immediate' means that degree of seriousness and imminence which is understood by the victim to be attached to the future prospect of the threat being carried out, should the conditions not be met. WebThe remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel "Stork" Perez, Anthony "Chuco" Guillen and George "Puppet" Franco. 1300 has a technical meaning peculiar to the law that requires definition. "What this represents is a very sophisticated network of the highest-ranking gang leadership out on the streets of our county," she said. WebQuin es el lder de los norteos? There were four cells. Had defense counsel asked for an instruction like CALCRIM No. On appeal defendant contends "the trial court should not have instructed the jury to determine whether there existed multiple conspiracies or one single conspiracy, but should simply have consolidated the conspiracy counts into one single count" as the defense had requested. We're not contesting that issue. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the judgment. You know you ain't gonna do shit." Defendant gave him a quarter pound initially. "[I]f we're out there selling drugs, it's supposed to be 25 percent of anything that we bring back, it goes back to the organization off the top. Code, 11379, subd. ", A conspiracy is usually regarded as continuing until the target offense is committed unless it is frustrated or abandoned. In 1992 and 1993 she was convicted and imprisoned for possession of PCP. A substantial factor is more than a trivial or remote factor. The trial court denied defendant's new trial motion, explaining: "[T]his Court heard a number of arguments from Counsel regarding the single versus multiple conspiracy. at pp. In one case, a gang member who threatened a man in front of the man's wife and children was ordered by gang leaders to pay a $500 fine, she said. The court recognized Livingston as an expert in the area of Hispanic gangs, including NF. Regarding the true cause of Debbie's fear, on appeal defendant advances a factual argument he did not make to the jury. The scope of each conspiracy presented questions of fact and credibility for the jury to decide. WebNuestra Familia es una a organizacin criminal penitenciaria conformada por mexico americanos siendo originaria del norte California. At defendant's request after his arrest, Clark arranged that Sammy Ramirez would sell 1.5 ounces of PCP that defendant had left behind. John Mendoza testified that a "bad news list" is a list of everyone who has been deemed no good. You can listen to the evidence on that, and then you can decide." When Debbie told Clark about the call on February 5, 2008, she said Rodriguez was drunk, "acting smart" and "rude." (Ibid. According to Lewis, Debbie kept bringing up a threatening letter. Droopy told Cindy that Kelly would be calling her the next day. Another kite threatened someone to do a "removal," a term for murder, saying, "You are to conduct a removal within two or three weeks and if you don't, you will face violence," she said. Who are Florencia 13 enemies? She said she told Rodriguez she had to report to defendant, not to him. Incarceration ended her addiction to PCP. According to Sergeant Lewis, Officer Gillotte, John Mendoza, Sammy Ramirez, and Vince Tirri, "only the regimental commander has the authority to order removals in the county jail, and they must conduct an investigation before that order is given." At trial Debbie could not remember "Bear's" real name. The threat need not create an immediate fear. Gutierrez called Vanessa again around 3:15 p.m. to finish delivering the message. ", D. CONSPIRACIES TO ASSAULT DANIEL CERVANTES (COUNT 6) AND HENRY LEYVAS (COUNT 7). The Nuestra Familia gang, based on evidence from captured kites, even has an internal code of conduct. NF members on the street were expected to contribute money to the NF " 'bank,' " which was the NF fund held for the benefit of the NF members. .". Suffice it to say that the jury had reason to disbelieve each one of them. 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