P. v. Soto CA2/8
In 2012, appellant James Soto, a founding member of the Mexican Mafia, was released from prison. In 2013, he began threatening Timothy Cullen to obtain money from Cullen’s marijuana dispensary business. In 2019, a jury convicted Soto of one count of extortion by threat or force in violation of Penal Code sections 519 and 520 and found true the allegation that the offense was committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang within the meaning of section 186.22, subdivision (b)(4) . The true finding on this allegation extended the statute of limitations on the underlying offense, which would have otherwise expired.
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