." Debbie resumed using PCP with defendant in 2006. On May 14, he was sent to a jail unit in Elmwood. I think it's at leastI don't think you can reject Frank Ruiz's testimony. In July 2006 Clark approached defendant and proposed that the SJG gang would sell methamphetamine for him. Solis called Debbie on January 8, 2008 and met with her the next day. at p. He was confirmed as a NF member when he returned from Mexico. In the end it's all about money, and how they go about it. Gillotte was not aware that Cervantes actually had been removed by an assault. Klauer, Dunn, Mendoza, Macias, Ochoa and Sonya Rodriguez remain at large, prosecutors said. [']" "I don't even think a conspiracy has been proved[] [i]f you give Frank Ruiz any credence whatsoever[. Norteno gang member found guilty of drug possession while. (Vargas, supra, 91 Cal.App.4th at p. Meanwhile, Ramirez was obtaining PCP from defendant indirectly through a third party, Abundiz. They've done it since the 60s.". Before deciding this issue, we will review its procedural history. Do you know what 'wouldn't' means?" It is the commander's responsibility to conduct an investigation before deeming a person no good. Defendant's reply brief quotes additional, similar discussions in Vargas of how the NF functioned at the time. According to Tirri, Ruiz told Tirri that Cervantes had been removed. The Attorney General provides no record citations for these statements. There was testimony about Guillen's communication with leaders of other NF regiments. After some conversation, Clark took the phone from Debbie. The remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel Stork Perez, Anthony Chuco Guillen and George Puppet Franco. Defendant's trial strategy involved essentially conceding his guilt of the first four counts, which included three conspiracies in addition to the active gang participation alleged in count 1. Debbie testified that she was not afraid when she received the letter in August 2007 because she intended to stand by defendant, but she became afraid in December 2007 and January 2008 when conditions changed and she agreed to cooperate with law enforcement after they searched her residence and confronted her with evidence of her guilt. 1338.) ( 422. He spent time in two other units in Elmwood before being released from custody on September 21, 2008. Norteos. He was the only person that would have the ability to give the authority for Frank Ruiz to write it in that kite. Antonio Guillen was not a witness, though he was described by several witnesses. Based on Gillotte's employment in jail classification and jail intelligence the court accepted him "as an expert in the area of prison street gangs operating in Santa Clara County Jail.". Resolution of conflicts and inconsistencies in the testimony is the exclusive province of the trier of fact. . Enhance your digital presence and reach by creating a Casemine profile. WebThe remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel "Stork" Perez, Anthony "Chuco" Guillen and George "Puppet" Franco. Antonio "Chuco" Guillen began serving a 25-years-to-life sentence for murder in 2000. Defense counsel asserted that Ruiz had testified "[']I got a kite about Henry Leyvas that said that he had raped somebody's sister. Debbie acknowledged that the program had helped her with expenses for relocation, rent, meals, utilities, and emergency medical care. La Positiva 31.12.2022. . And then at the end they send money, in theory, they send money to incarcerated members, and they carry out directives coming from inside of the institution." . She attended some of his meetings with leaders of other local NF regiments, including Charlie "Brown" Campa, Sammy "Black" Ramirez, and Marco "Red" or "Huero" Abundiz. Cisneros brought the PCP in a Victoria's Secret bag and defendant kept the PCP in a pink cloth bag that Debbie got from Victoria's Secret. ), Jasso, which involved three conspiracy counts, relied on the Vargas dictum and concluded "that the court erred in failing to instruct on single versus multiple conspiracies." Debbie testified that she knows what defendant is capable of. Anthony "Chavo" Jacobs is currently in prison, For the same reason we will do the same for other individuals, such as defendant's brother Greg. The evidence in this case focused on defendant's conduct as a NF member between April 2002 and April 2009 and his conduct on the street until his March 2007 arrest. N]ow, I understand he has motive to help[] the actual gang member. She told him his cousin Leslie had said she had encountered Bear the night before and he admitted owing for a tattoo. He was housed in Main Jail North 4-B1 and then 4-B3, a single cell, until February 27, 2009. 519.) In 1992 and 1993 she was convicted and imprisoned for possession of PCP. In that case, the defendant was charged with one conspiracy to commit multiple crimes, a conspiracy that alleged 96 overt acts. . He became the secretary of Skip Villanueva, a high-ranking NF member. Cervantes testified for the defense that he was a Northerner who had known defendant for over 25 years. Anthony "Chavo" Jacobs is currently in prison, The next rung of leaders in Pelican Bay includes Daniel "Stork" Perez of Salinas; Anthony "Chuco" Guillen of San Jose, who was involved in the murder of a During a recorded call on December 14, 2007, before Debbie agreed to cooperate with law enforcement, she asked defendant if he remembered his friend "Bear," for whom he had done tattoos. . at pp. I'm going to have to stay gone. "What this represents is a very sophisticated network of the highest-ranking gang leadership out on the streets of our county," she said. Clark began to learn about NF and NR when he went to jail for an assault with a deadly weapon. [Laughs] I started rolling. There were four cells. Is OKC or Tulsa safer? This led to a power struggle between the federal prisoners and NF members who remained in Pelican Bay. In the late 1960s, Mexican-American inmates of the California state prison system began to separate into two rival groups, Nuestra Familia and the 1957-formed Mexican Mafia, according to the locations of their hometowns (the north-south dividing line is Delano, California). Clark said "the black guy" was always getting the "pink socks." Before defendant went into custody, he said to Debbie that if she ever talked to the police, it would be the last time she talked. Some kites allude to orders from the alleged top crime boss of the gang, Antonio Chuco Guillen, who commands the criminal enterprise from within a secure She transitioned out of the program in September 2010 and stopped receiving financial assistance. We observe that it is not unusual in this kind of multi-week, multi-count gang case for the parties on appeal to lose track of the facts presented to the jury and the arguments made by their trial attorneys. According to jail records, Cervantes was taken into custody on May 1, 2008. The threat need not create an immediate fear. Citation. Defendant did not believe Cervantes and believed Cervantes was hiding from people trying to collect on defendant's behalf. Conditional threats are true threats if their context reasonably conveys to the victim that they are intended. The trial court in this case relied on People v. Meneses, supra, 165 Cal.App.4th 1648, which followed "Jasso in holding that a trial court is required to instruct the jury to determine whether a single conspiracy or multiple conspiracies exist when there is evidence to support alternative findings" in a case involving nine conspiracy counts. Aside from Barba, those indicted as a result of Operation Red October were Arlindo "Gino" Silva, 44; Benjamin "Big Happy" Mendez, 37; Carlos Roman, 40; Cassey Klauer, 27; Colleen Dunn, 51; Daniel "Bird" Millich, 37; Diego "Chucky" Mendoza, 25; Fidadelfo "Lil Sav" Ortiz, 17; Frank "Digit" Cruz, 29; Fred "Maton" Macias, 35; Freddie DeLaCruz, 33; Herman "Chango" Sifuentes, 34; Jacob "Tank" Dominguez, 29, James "Pistol" Gonzales, 33; Jesus "Yoosh" Varela, 30; Juan "Monster" Garcia," 22; Juanita Rivera, 48; Karlee Ochoa, 35; Peter "Payaso" Avila, 29; Raymond "Oldies" Garcia, 35; Rodolfo "Zeke" Rodriguez, 36; Shawn Vernon "Bam-Bam" Lee, 34; and Sonya "Giggles" Rodriguez, 49. She had also tried unsuccessfully to collect the debt from "Bear" at defendant's request. Who is the original Crip? Clark was aware that defendant was selling PCP he received from Mario. The FBI's Santa Clara County Violent Gang Task Force ran the Oct. 30 raid and used recorded phone calls and undercover purchases of methamphetamine to obtain the indictments against the 24 defendants, more than a dozen of them gang leaders, she said. Pursuant to a use immunity and a plea agreement described below (in part II.D.1), Vince Tirri testified that when he served as second-in-command of Ramirez's regiment, one of his duties was collecting monthly dues. Moreover, this court did not recognize any prejudice to defendant being charged with one conspiracy instead of multiple conspiracies. WebThe remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel Stork Perez, Anthony Chuco Guillen and George Puppet Franco. During intake they sign a form acknowledging that phone calls can be monitored. In the letter were the statements: " 'Debbie's sister was given the house and kids when Debbie last moved out, so that should be respected. It was these factors that caused Debbie Guzman to be in fear, and not the August 2007 letter which she testified that she did not take seriously at the time." At the close of evidence, defendant argued to the jury that the phone calls containing no threats by him, such as their initial laughter-filled discussion of his letter and his later phone conversations with Debbie in December 2007 about other topics such as the search of their residence, were more emblematic of his feelings and intent. Who are Florencia 13 enemies? The girls got to learn how to clean house and learn to live and work together.' According to Sergeant Lewis, a sex offender living in a gang member's area in jail could be assaulted without anyone's prior approval. Somebody's wife was going to bring it to the guy who takes it in. 553.) Greg said he wanted some for himself. After they married, defendant told her he was in Category II of the NF and ran the local streets. Defendant's regiment was selling methamphetamine, PCP, and sometimes marijuana. Ruiz and Cervantes both testified that Cervantes talked to Ruiz in February 2009 about his $400 debt to defendant. The film is based upon an original screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Clark said his boy had not heard from Ochoa yet. The three dots can represent prison, hospital, and cemetery , which are associated with the gang lifestyle.. What does sureo stand for? Therefore, the evidence establishes that Debbie Guzman was placed in fear not by the August 2007 letter, but rather the actions of the police in making Debbie wear a wire and testify against gang members. . He once said a wife could not testify against her husband. ", We consider Vargas, supra, 91 Cal.App.4th 506 to have been a unique case factually where the prosecution's evidence of one overall conspiracy was apparently so compelling that no reasonable juror could have found the existence of more than one conspiracy. . She told him that Rodriguez had called her drunk one day. Unspecified section references are to the Penal Code. You would not." Instead, what defense counsel argued was: "when she got up on that witness stand and was asked about that letter, and she said, [']well, to tell you the truth,['] or words to that effect, [']I really [didn't] take it seriously at the time. As they do not involve criminal street gangs in general or the NF in particular, we see no need to distinguish each factually, as the Attorney General has done. He also asserted, "the evidence suggests that the acts alleged in counts 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 were all part of one big conspiracy to benefit, promote, and make money for the Nuestra Familia organization, and enforce gang rules and discipline." Before confirming, please ensure that you have thoroughly read and verified the judgment. Roman said he had not touched it. He always carried a lot of money and he eventually admitted to her he was involved in selling drugs. NF members on the street were expected to contribute money to the NF " 'bank,' " which was the NF fund held for the benefit of the NF members. Defendant asked Clark if he was done with the four "apartments." 553.) Anthony "Chavo" Jacobs is currently in prison, but his family has been moved into witness relocation. ['] That created a moment of silence because my entire plan to impeach her was unnecessary. They sometimes spoke during a three-way call involving Debbie. 1272. Before defendant was arrested in March 2007, the regiment was selling from two to five pounds of methamphetamine a week. Under that standard, " 'an appellate court reviews the entire record in the light most favorable to the prosecution to determine whether it contains evidence that is reasonable, credible, and of solid value, from which a rational trier of fact could find [the elements of the crime] beyond a reasonable doubt.' November 26, Ruiz told him not to worry about it and just pay it off after his release. WebThe remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel "Stork" Perez, Anthony "Chuco" Guillen and George "Puppet" Franco. Vince Tirri, a member over time of the Campa, Mendoza, and Ramirez regiments, testified pursuant to a use immunity and a plea agreement resolving charges of active gang participation, conspiracy to sell methamphetamine, and two counts of forcible assault with a gang enhancement. He answered, "Yeah, you" and asked if she was getting cold feet. The exercise of that discretion involves questions of prosecutorial policies and judgment, not questions of fact for the jury to determine." Count 7 alleged that defendant and Frank Ruiz conspired with others between January 22 and October 27, 2008 to assault Henry Leyvas, while count 6 alleged that defendant, Ruiz, and another individual conspired with others between May 1, 2008 and April 23, 2009 to assault Daniel Cervantes. Cervantes acknowledged that defendant had once fronted him a quarter pound of methamphetamine that Cervantes was unable to sell. The informant, who agreed to turn state's evidence, is a convict currently in protective custody in the Santa Clara County jail, where his name has appeared on a "hit list" due his assisting law enforcement, she said. 518.) On appeal he asserts they had a contentious, roller-coaster relationship "sometimes resulting in threatening statements from both parties" and he points to their first phone conversation about the letter on August 16, 2007 to illustrate his intent. After the jury verdict, he entered a no contest plea to the weapon possession charge and admitted a strike allegation with the understanding that the prosecutor would dismiss the other charge and various enhancements and that defendant would receive a 16-month consecutive sentence for that offense. Please enter valid email address to continue. "So perhaps there was a conspiracy, but perhaps there wasn't." contains alphabet). "[P]ink" became a code for PCP. . It is up to the conspirators to establish the primary goal or goals of the conspiracy. The kite said Cervantes' "removal was just" because Ruiz testified that he thought "this whole thing with Cervantes was past tense" because he had received misinformation that Cervantes had gone into protective custody. "The people in this indictment are on a level of sophistication and leadership, and with corroborating evidence, that we have never seen before," she said. "S" was going to be calling her and bringing her the moon stuff. He recently got charged in a RICO indictment targeting the " " 'There's also a registered sex offender in M-8. Some kites allude to orders from the alleged top crime boss of the gang, Antonio "Chuco" Guillen, who commands the criminal enterprise from within a secure This was a theme defendant had sounded in his opening statement ("what she's really afraid of is going back to prison," "she wasn't afraid of him, and her real fear happened after the police essentially gave her no choice"), but he did not elaborate on this theme in closing argument, perhaps because it was unsupported by Debbie's testimony. ( 667, subd. The three Generals of the gangs leadership council were identified as David DC Cervantes, Antonio Chuco Guillen, and James Conejo Perez. Viramontes turned toward the open garage and tried to run into his home. In two early phone conversations on March 8, defendant warned Debbie to be careful because everything they said was being recorded. WebQuin es el lder de los norteos? El ascenso de Cervantes marc la primera vez en dcadas que los norteos tenan un solo lder al frente de su organizacin criminal. According to Lewis, Debbie kept bringing up a threatening letter. According to Frank Ruiz, there is no protocol to removing sex offenders. Sigue activa La Eme? It's not an issue of law. [']If you leave me[,] I will kill you. ), At trial the prosecutor argued to the jury: "A threat which may appear to be conditional on its face is unconditional under its circumstances. Code, 11370.2, subd. Clark did meet defendant's brother Greg "Joker" Guzman in San Quentin. (People v. Young (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1149, 1181.)" Defendant had fronted a quarter-pound, four ounces of methamphetamine to Cervantes. "So I would expect that you would find him guilty of those counts, and I would expect that you probably would find the gang enhancement to be true because it was done in association with and for the benefit of." Once you create your profile, you will be able to: Claim the judgments where you have appeared by linking them directly to your profile and maintain a record of your body of work. The remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel Stork Perez, Anthony Chuco Guillen and George Puppet Franco. Guillen is highest ranking among three gang generals, all housed at Pelican Bay, she said. Debbie said that "Sheila" wanted to get on the phone. Debbie said she would put him out if he went out on her "[a]nd you'd better ask somebody." Gillotte testified that the kite identified its origin as from the "AIC" of "SCCJ MJN 4-B," which stood for Santa Clara County Jail, Main Jail North Unit 4-B. He was on parole when they met. A. CONSPIRACIES TO SELL METHAMPHETAMINE (COUNT 2) AND PCP (COUNT 3). The Attorney General asserts that the jury in this case could have reasonably concluded: "the NF's goal was simply to have money put in the NF bank and on the books for members of the NF"; defendant's " methamphetamine and PCP conspiracies were in his private interest, each involving separate, if sometimes overlapping groups, and that while he paid dues to NF and was given street authority by Guillen, the conspiracies alleged were not solely conspiracies with members of the NF solely to fund the NF"; and defendant "did not have an agreement with the NF as such, but rather that any agreement he had was with Guillen, the NF general in Pelican Bay who controlled the street regiments." He explained that regiment members "[i]n theory" had to pay the regiment monthly dues of $200. ['] 'Death will part us.' . He asked what and she answered, "The [']literally['] part." The kite complained that reports "using only Cana codes" did not identify the authors. (People v. Saling (1972) 7 Cal.3d 844, 852.) Creating a unique profile web page containing interviews, posts, articles, as well as the cases you have appeared in, greatly enhances your digital presence on search engines such Google and Bing, resulting in increased client interest. In one case, a gang member who threatened a man in front of the man's wife and children was ordered by gang leaders to pay a $500 fine, she said. When Clark was in San Quentin Prison, as tier security and a block general for the NF he reported in writing to defendant, who was the NF Authority in Charge of the prison. Debbie commented, "all that drama just over $400." Debbie admitted at trial that when she received the letter, "at the time I didn't take it, like, real serious because I never thought that I was going to turn on him. Five, Six and Seven. Ruiz said he would be on freeze, but not deemed no good. As this court has said before, "a conspiracy can have multiple criminal objectives." But over a period of time when he was out on the streets, he was just distributing drugs, primarily methamphetamine. The regiment leaders gave themselves nicknames for telephone use: Ramirez was "Black," Campa was "Brown," Abundiz was "Red" or "Rojo," and defendant was "White." That day Debbie went to the office of the investigators and agreed to cooperate. . His nickname is Lencho. ), Mendoza, supra, 59 Cal.App.4th 1333 illustrates that actions by others can also make a threat real after it is uttered. The Northerners in Elmwood were required "to follow the directives to remove inmates once they were ordered, and once they were determined and told to remove this person, or that this person was deemed 'no good,' that it was incumbent upon them to remove them with a deadly weapon. Ruiz conceded that it would violate gang rules to testify against a fellow gang member like defendant. ), However, that premise did not apply to this trial. But it says in association with, you might find if it's been proved and the subsequent crimes have been proved.". Documento de Documento de. On February 27, Cervantes was placed in protective custody. Even if Debbie had perceived Rodriguez's challenge to her as threatening, as the Attorney General asserts, it is likely that this challenge reinforced defendant's earlier statement that he would have her killed if she did him wrong, just as the conduct by fellow gang members in Mendoza clarified the threat made in that case. According to Ruiz, another kite had arrived in August 2008 that put defendant and Ramirez on freeze, leaving Ruiz in charge of the jail. Defendant asserts that in finding true the gang enhancements, the jury "believed all the charged offenses were committed for the benefit of the gang. And she even gave him on that phone call, an out; an opportunity to say, [']no[, t]hat was just a joke[, t]hat was just a joke['] because she specifically came back to it and asked him about it, and she said, 'you wouldn't really do that to me,' and he said, 'yeah, I would.' This dialog followed. The prosecutor did acknowledge, "during those phone calls that you've heard, it's clear that the Defendant, they have a roller coaster relationship, and they go up and down." It concluded that the trial court "in response to the jury's questions, properly informed the jury that the threatening statement does not have to be the sole cause of the victim's fear and that a statement the victim does not initially consider a threat can later be seen that way based upon a subsequent action taken by a defendant . The Attorney General argues at great length that the assault conspiracies were separate from each other because defendant had different, personal reasons for assaulting Cervantes and not Levyas. " Mendoza understood the letter to be relaying Guillen's instructions. .". The gang's rules were not always followed. "So he's just relaying information that has been related to him. As the jury was instructed, case law has established that some conditional threats still qualify as "so" unconditional as to convey the serious intention of the utterer and a future prospect of execution to the listener. Officer Gillotte understood the directive about dealing with Leyvas to mean he was to be assaulted at the first opportunity. Defendant said he did not have to worry about that now and the conversation turned to her suspicions about him writing letters to other women. There was testimony in this case that the NF constitution was revised in about 2005. Defendant initially called Debbie. The Ruiz kite described a dispute at Elmwood concerning who was in charge and a Northerner who was falsely claiming to have the higher status of a NF member. " [Citations.] Dreamer and Bad Boy walked up the driveway toward Viramontes, and both began shooting. In 2009, Tirri and defendant were housed together in administrative segregation. He asked why she had not disclosed that the police had searched her house. Clark called Debbie on February 5, 2008. In case of any confusion, feel free to reach out to us.Leave your message here. "[T]he only possible inference [is ]that there was one conspiracy to establish a street regiment to distribute drugs, PCP and methamphetamine." He received two ounces of PCP from Mario Cisneros every seven to 10 days. There was no evidence of even an attempted criminal threat, "because it wasn't received seriously, according to Debbie Guzman's own testimony here . It was not based on the debt owed defendant. Defendant once told Debbie about a situation in the 1990s when one of the wives got killed for talking after several gang members got arrested for drug sales. At trial she denied appellant's words alone frightened her." Defendant contends that Mendoza, Ramirez, and Clark all testified that the NF leadership controlled what crimes NF members on the streets could commit and what drugs they could sell. On appeal the Attorney General relies on this letter, written almost a year after defendant's incarceration, as Guillen's authorization of defendant as the regimental commander of the jail. . Tirri was arrested in October 2006. ", Defendant asserts, "the entire thrust of the prosecution's evidence in this case was that all of the drug sales shown, both inside and outside the jail, as well as the planned assaults on Cervantes and Leyvas, were conceived and controlled by the [NF] and its members and agents, and all had the common purpose of furthering the success of the [NF] by generating revenue and disciplining [NF] members, Nuestra Raza members and Nortenos so as to assure that the [NF] rules were followed." "Cana codes" were gang codes used to confuse prison staff. While she was cooperating with the police, "it was Solis and Rodriguez, on behalf of Clayton Clark, who made threatening phone calls to her, expressing suspicion that she was cooperating with law enforcement . What is the biggest gang in California? .' 1338.) ABSTRACT The Norteos (Northeners) is a Hispanic gang that started in the prison system Had defense counsel asked for an instruction like CALCRIM No. Stephanie used methamphetamine, while Debbie never did. So based on that, I am going to give the instruction, but the Meneses case clearly states that the issue is an issue of fact and not an issue of law. Ruiz's kite was intended to calm people in Elmwood down, on the false assumption that Cervantes had already been removed. Before his incarceration in 2007, he sold methamphetamine and PCP. . In May or June 2006, Greg approached Clark about working in defendant's regiment. Testifying for the defense, Ruiz corroborated Cervantes's version of their conversation in 4-B. She initially denied any involvement in distributing drugs. The only serious challenge to the first four counts that defense counsel made in closing argument was whether they involved multiple conspiracies or one overall conspiracy. Whether the drugs were brought into the jail for the sake of the gang or not or personal use, I don't know. ", Defendant argued to the jury that sometimes removals were not ordered by the highest authority. 211398 & 211138). Immediate means the degree of seriousness and imminence which is understood by the victim to attach to the future prospect of the threat being carried out should the condition not be met." When he chuckled, she said "Yeah I do, literally, I mean that. When she agreed to cooperate with the police after her residence was searched, she told Sergeants Lewis and Livingston that she had a letter from her husband threatening to have her killed if she cooperated. The gang has allegiance to the CA prison gang, Mexican Mafia, aka La Eme. Defendant provided PCP to Debbie, his brother Greg, and "Bear," among others. He was a year or two younger. Someone retrieved the methamphetamine from Cervantes on defendant's behalf. 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