Is there any case law where a defendant has been convicted of a charge of second degree murder in relation to a criminal activity?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cardona, C079367 (Cal. App. 2016):
the subset to the umbrella organization. But here the problem is avoided because defendant's conviction of the pending charge for second degree murder also qualifies as one of the predicate offenses establishing a gang's pattern of criminality. (People v. Loeun (1997) 17 Cal.4th 1, 10-11, 14.)
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