California v. Ewing
Annotate this CaseDefendant David Ewing, Jr. and three others were involved in a drug deal gone bad: the victim was shot but survived, and defendant and his cohorts were caught trying to escape. Defendant was convicted of multiple offenses and various enhancements, including, including that he shot at an occupied vehicle for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang. On appeal, defendant argued insufficient evidence supported the gang enhancement and that the State's gang expert improperly testified that defendant committed the crimes in order to promote or further a criminal street gang. Finding no reversible error in the trial court's judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed.
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