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PEOPLE v. MEJIA

No. F051804.

72 Cal.Rptr.3d 76 (2008)

159 Cal.App.4th 1081

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ismael MEJÍA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Fifth District.

February 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Navarro, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen A. McKenna and Lloyd G. Carter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

GOMES, Acting P.J.

After gang taunts between Nortenos and Surenos at a swap meet in Visalia, witnesses observed brothers Ismael and Sergio Mejia flashing hand signs, yelling "Reyes" (the Spanish name of a subset of the Sureno gang), and firing guns right before one bullet just missed Isaac Tobias (a Norteno) and another bullet struck Noel Chavez (a friend of Tobias's but not a gang member) on February 12, 2006.1

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