Is there any evidence that a crime committed by a gang was committed for the benefit of the gang?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ewing, 197 Cal.Rptr.3d 813, 244 Cal.App.4th 359 (Cal. App. 2016):
People v. Miranda (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 398, 411, 121 Cal.Rptr.3d 231 (Miranda ).) "There is rarely direct evidence that a crime was committed for the benefit of a gang. For this reason, we routinely draw inferences about intent from the predictable results of action.... We can discover mental state only from how people act and what they say. " (Id. at pp. 411412, 121 Cal.Rptr.3d 231.)
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