What is the impact of admitting evidence of gang membership in criminal proceedings?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, B253052 (Cal. App. 2015):
The admission of gang evidence always carries a risk of prejudice. "When offered by the prosecution, we have condemned the introduction of evidence of gang membership if only tangentially relevant, given its highly inflammatory impact." (People v. Cox (1991) 53 Cal.3d 618, 660, disapproved on another ground in People v. Doolin (2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 421, fn. 22.) However, "evidence of gang membership is
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