What is the test for establishing a pattern of criminal gang activity?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Prunty, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 309, 355 P.3d 480, 62 Cal.4th 59 (Cal. 2015):

3. This pattern of criminal gang activity must be proven by evidence that a gang member or members committed two offenses as set out in the statute.2 These acts are described as predicate offenses. (People v. Tran (2011) 51 Cal.4th 1040, 1044, 126 Cal.Rptr.3d 65, 253 P.3d 239.)

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