California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court, E074306 (Cal. App. 2020):
that several gang members could commit a crime together, yet be on a frolic and detour unrelated to the gang. Here, however, there was no evidence of this. Thus, the jury could reasonably infer the requisite association from the very fact that defendant committed the charged crimes in association with fellow gang members"]; People v. Romero (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 15 ["There was ample evidence that defendant intended to commit a crime, that he intended to help the codefendant commit a crime, and that he knew the codefendant was a member of his gang. This evidence created a reasonable inference that defendant possessed the specific intent to further the codefendant's criminal conduct"].)
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