People v. Quang Minh Tran

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

The California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (the STEP Act; Pen. Code, § 186.20 et seq.) 1 criminalizes active participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)). A criminal street gang is any ongoing association that has as one of its primary activities the commission of certain criminal offenses and engages through its members in a “pattern of criminal gang activity.” (§ 186.22, subd. (f); see People v. Loeun (1997) 17 CalAth 1, 4 [69 Cal.Rptr.2d 776, 947 P.2d 1313].) A pattern of criminal gang activity is “the commission of, attempted…