Is there any case law supporting the enhancement of a criminal offence where the crime was committed for the benefit of, at direction or at direction of a gang?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jaimes, 274 Cal.Rptr.3d 222 (Cal. App. 2021):
People v. Prunty (2015) 62 Cal.4th 59, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 309, 355 P.3d 480 ( Prunty ) is cited (maj. opn., ante , at pp. 231-32) for the holding that the enhancement requires evidence the crime was committed for the benefit of, at direction of, or in association with "the ... gang." ( Prunty , at pp. 8081, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 309, 355 P.3d 480.)
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