P. v. Chung and Ryoo
A jury convicted defendants Justin Chung and Pyung Hwa Ryoo of murder ( 187, subd. (a)),[1] attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder ( 664/187, subd. (a)) and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle ( 246) and found that each defendant discharged a firearm, proximately causing great bodily injury and death ( 12022.53) and that each had committed the crimes to benefit a street gang ( 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(A)). In these appeals, defendants raise three contentions. The first is that the trial court erred in denying their pretrial motion to exclude as coerced the incriminating statements of a third party. The second is that the trial court erred in denying their request that the jury be instructed that it should determine whether one of the prosecutions witnesses was an accomplice. The third is that there is insufficient evidence to support the street gang enhancement. Court are not persuaded by any of defendants contentions and therefore affirm the judgments in their entirety.
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