P. v. Garrett CA2/4
Defendant Marquice Garrett appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction for home invasion robbery. The jury also found that he committed the offenses for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang. The prosecution’s theory supporting the gang enhancement depended upon proof that defendant and his accomplice, Eddie Brodney McFadden (McFadden), were both members of the Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods gang (PDLB). Defendant contends the gang enhancement findings must be reversed because McFadden’s gang membership was shown through case-specific hearsay testimony by expert witnesses, found inadmissible in People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665 (Sanchez). We conclude that the bulk of the challenged testimony was properly admitted and, further, any error under Sanchez was harmless. We therefore affirm.
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