PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS

Docket No. 38497.

144 Cal.App.3d 749 (1983)

192 Cal. Rptr. 810

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JUAN ALBERT CONTRERAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Martin Jerry Blechman, Janyce Keiko Imata Blair and Juan Albert Contreras, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, William R. Pounders and Pamela M. Nelson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FEINERMAN, P.J.

In this case we deal with gang violence, motivated by gang members' desires for illegal gain, precipitating criminal offenses and gang-inflicted injuries to an innocent victim. Given this backdrop and given defendant's alibi defense and his denial of both gang membership and presence at the scene of the crimes, we find no merit in defendant's attempt to fashion a shield from criminal responsibility out of two...

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