People v. Gallardo

*55Appellants Angel Gallardo, Michael Gallardo and Smith Garcia were charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting at an occupied car. The prosecution alleged the appellants and a fourth co-defendant, Felipe Ramos, had jointly conducted a drive-by shooting of three rival gang members, one of whom died. The primary piece of evidence at trial was a surreptitiously-recorded jailhouse conversation between Angel Gallardo and two paid informants who were posing as inmates. During the conversation, Angel claimed that Michael drove Garcia to shoot the…