Origel-Candido v. State

OPINION

By the Court, Young, J.;

On December 12, 1994, Tonya Ismeralda Cisneros *380(“Cisneros”) invited a few friends to her house for a small party. Although not invited by Cisneros, appellant Genaro A. Origel-Candido (“Origel-Candido”) and some of his friends attended this party as well. Some of the teenagers were drinking, and rival gang members were present. Origel-Candido and his friends were members of the “Maravilla” gang, while others attending the party were part of the “Inglewood” gang.

At one point, a party-goer wrote the letters “MRV,” a graffiti monogram for the Maravilla gang, on a…