People v. Solorzano CA2/1

Filed 9/24/20 P. v. Solorzano CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B301661

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA142139) v.

ADRIAN SOLORZANO,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, John A. Torribio, Judge. Affirmed. Christine M. Aros, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Michael Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________

Adrian Solorzano was convicted of attempted murder and shooting at an occupied vehicle, which the jury found were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Solarzano appeals the gang finding, contending insufficient evidence established that criminal conduct was one of his gang’s primary activities. We affirm. BACKGROUND On May 22, 2016, Solorzano, accompanied by Luis Uribe and a person known as “Boogie,” all members of the street gang “Quiet Village,” fired several shots at Eliodoro Casteneda while he was in his car, wounding him. At trial, Uribe testified that during his four years in the gang he saw frequent fights between Quiet Village members and gang rivals, sometimes involving guns. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Edgar Romo, testifying as a gang expert, stated he had participated in numerous gang investigations in Quiet Village territory and had consulted with other detectives concerning the gang. He was personally familiar with three prior robberies by Quiet Village members in 2010 to 2011 and 2015 to 2016, remembered three cases involving illegal possession of a firearm by a Quiet Village member, and had personally investigated a prior assault with a deadly weapon committed by Solorzano and Uribe. Detective Romo also recalled two drug sales cases involving the gang. Romo concluded that Quiet Village’s primary activities included illegal possession of firearms, assaults with deadly weapons, robberies, and drug sales. A jury convicted Solarzano of premeditated attempted murder and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, found that he personally discharged a firearm in commission of the crimes,