P. v. Gaines CA1/5
Appellants Leonard James Gaines, Raymond Louis Bradford and Rodney Levence Mitchell were sentenced to prison after a jury convicted them of gang-related attempted robberies with the use of a firearm. They contend: (1) the court violated their right to confront the witnesses against them when it admitted case-specific hearsay evidence as part of the expert testimony on the gang allegations, in violation of People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665 (Sanchez) and Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36 (Crawford). They further contend the case must be remanded for resentencing on the firearm allegations because they are entitled to the ameliorative effect of Senate Bill No. 620, which was enacted after their convictions in this case and which made such enhancements discretionary.
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