Does Section 186.22 require a showing of intent to promote a gang's activities beyond the crime(s) charged?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Ruiz, D053520, No. SCE268001 (Cal. App. 2010):
Section 186.22 subdivision (b)(1) does not require a showing of intent to promote the gang's activities beyond the crime(s) charged. (People v. Hill (2006) 142 Cal.App.4th 770, 774; People v. Romero (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 15, 19.) As the court explained in People v. Hill:
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