P. v. Alcaraz
Defendant Yanira Barajas Alcaraz was convicted of two counts of second degree robbery, and one count of using tear gas and a tear gas weapon. She challenges her conviction, arguing on appeal that the trial court erred by admitting evidence that defendant had taxed individuals in territory claimed by the Lopers criminal street gang. We conclude there was no error in admitting the evidence. The evidence was relevant to defendant’s claim that she acted under duress when committing the robberies. Even if there had been error, it was not prejudicial, given the weakness of the evidence supporting defendant’s duress defense. We therefore affirm.
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