PEOPLE v. CARDENAS

Docket No. Crim. 21870.

31 Cal.3d 897 (1982)

647 P.2d 569

184 Cal. Rptr. 165

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BENJAMIN JAMIE CARDENAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert S. Gerstein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Gary R. Hahn, Norman H. Sokolow and William V. Ballough, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

This case raises two questions concerning the admissibility of evidence in appellant's criminal trial. Should the trial court have excluded testimony concerning the common membership of appellant and his defense witnesses in a youth gang? In addition, was evidence of appellant's addiction to narcotics admissible in an attempt to prove his guilt of the charged offenses?

I.

Appellant Benjamin Cardenas...

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