California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chavez, B216450, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA091961 (Cal. App. 2011):
support a defendant's murder conviction as an aider and abettor." (Medina, supra, 46 Cal.4th at p. 921.) "[A]lthough evidence indicating whether the defendant did or did not know a weapon was present provides grist for argument to the jury on the issue of foreseeability of a homicide, it is not a necessary prerequisite." (People v. Godinez (1992) 2 Cal.App.4th 492, 501, fn. 5.) In the context of a gang altercation, a jury could rationally conclude that a conflict between non gang members who disrespected a gang's territorial boundaries and interfered with an attempted robbery could escalate into a fatal confrontation.
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