PEOPLE v. MENDEZ

No. S129501.

7 Cal.5th 680 (2019)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JULIAN ALEJANDRO MENDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Bookout , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Julie L. Garland and Ronald S. Matthias , Assistant Attorneys General, Holly D. Wilkens , Meagan J. Beale , Michael T. Murphy , Ronald A. Jakob and Christine Y. Friedman , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Cantil-Sakauye, C. J., Chin, J., Corrigan, J., Liu, J., Kruger, J., and Groban, J., concurred.


OPINION

This case concerns the murders of Michael Faria and Jessica Salazar. The People charged three members of a gang called North Side Colton with murdering Faria after he claimed allegiance to a rival gang called West Side Verdugo, and with murdering Salazar...

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