California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miller, B219922, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA041498 (Cal. App. 2011):
Under Penal Code section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1), a person convicted of a felony committed "for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members," is properly subject to its additional punishment. (Miranda, supra, 192 Cal.App.4th at p. 411; People v. Margarejo (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 102, 106, 108.)
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