What are the elements of street terrorism?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Reed, E057411 (Cal. App. 2014):

Street terrorism has three elements: 1) the defendant's active participation in a gang that is more than nominal or passive; 2) the defendant's knowledge that the gang members engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity; and 3) the defendant "'willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang.'" (People v. Lamas (2007) 42 Cal.4th 516, 523.)

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