California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Martinez, G043090, Super. Ct. No. 08CF2562 (Cal. App. 2011):
The jury was free to accept defendant's admissions, along with the expert testimony explaining the importance of defendant's admissions, in concluding the crimes at issue were gang related and punishable under section 186.22, subdivision (b). (See, e.g., People v. Mendez (2010) 188 Cal.App.4th 47, 56-58.) This is not a case in which the judgment rests on speculation by experts on ultimate issues.
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