P. v. Pacheco CA2/4
Appellant Joseph Pacheco appeals the denial of his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95. In 2012, appellant and three other members of a criminal street gang met with a fellow gang member, Anaya, at an apartment to collect money for a drug deal. After discovering information on Anaya’s phone leading them to believe Anaya was an informant for law enforcement, the men locked Anaya in the bathroom and then appellant and the others struck him in the face. The four assailants later reentered the bathroom; appellant and another man were armed with handguns. The men injected Anaya with methamphetamine, tied his hands behind his back, placed a sweatshirt over his head, and led him out of the apartment to a nearby truck.
Two of the men drove away with Anaya in the truck; appellant, who was wearing a GPS tracking device as a condition of parole, remained in the apartment. The two men drove Anaya to an alley and shot him in the head.
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