Gang affiliation is an enhancement that prosecutors can add to an underlying criminal charge. You do not need to be a member of a street gang for this enhancement to apply. However, if gang affiliation can be proved, then the crime becomes a “gang crime” and the potential penalties increase drastically.
If you have been charged with any type of crime and the prosecutor’s office has added a gang affiliation enhancement, it is critically important to get early assistance from a knowledgeable and aggressive criminal defense lawyer.
I will conduct an independent investigation into the incident that led to your arrest. For example, I will gather detailed information about your background, your friends and associates, and other information that will help defend against a gang enhancement.
For more than two decades, I have focused my legal practice on criminal defense work in San Diego County, Temecula, and throughout Southern California. I have advanced knowledge of all the gang-crime enhancements, how the prosecutor’s offices use the gang crime enhancements to get longer prison sentences, and how to fight back effectively against the prosecutor’s allegation that you committed a crime to assist or in furtherance of a street gang.