PEOPLE v. ALBILLAR

No. B194358.

76 Cal.Rptr.3d 383 (2008)

162 Cal.App.4th 935

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Albert Andrew ALBILLAR et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Six.

May 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanessa Place, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Albert A. Albillar, Appellant.

Sharon Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Ventura, for Alex Adrian Albillar, Appellant.

Conrad Peterman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for John Madrigal, Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael C. Keller, Douglas L. Wilson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


YEGAN, J.

A person who joins a criminal street gang, boasts of his membership, and commits crimes with fellow gang members, is in a poor posture to complain about evidence of gang association. A trial is a search for the truth and no defendant has the right to an antiseptic trial where the jury is deprived of a full and relevant evidentiary presentation. (See e.g., People v. Zack (1986) 184 Cal.App.3d 409, 415,

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