In re T.W. CA4/1
After he was declared a ward of the court and placed on probation for a misdemeanor offense, 15-year-old T.W.—an Emerald Hills Blood gang member—and two other minors murdered Ishi Hampton. T.W. was charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 182, subd. (a)(1).) The murder and conspiracy to commit murder were alleged to have been committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in association with a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)) and it was further alleged that at least one principal used a firearm causing great bodily injury (§ 12022.53, subds. (d), (e)(1)). After the murder, but before he was apprehended, T.W. was alleged to have committed two robberies.
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