P. v. Jimenez CA4/2
Following a bench trial, defendants Jesse Jimenez and Nicolas Mora were convicted of actively participating in a criminal street gang (Pen. Code, § 186.22, subd. (a) (§ 186.22(a)), and Mora was convicted of first degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459; unlabeled statutory citations are to this code). Defendants admitted that they had suffered a prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)) and a prior strike conviction (§§ 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)), and Jimenez admitted that he had served a prior prison term within five years (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Jimenez was sentenced to 12 years in state prison, and Mora was sentenced to 18 years and four months in state prison.
On appeal, Jimenez and Mora challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting their convictions for actively participating in a criminal street gang.
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