Opinion ID: 2669163
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Relationships Among Members

Text: The jury could also have inferred relationships among the TCG members. To infer these relationships, jurors could have relied on testimony that TCG members had met and shared TCG insignia, such as tattoos. Similarly, the “Exit Plan” described the gang’s shared hostility toward anyone wearing red in the 30 neighborhood (the color associated with a rival gang), stating that TCG gang members “learned to hate anybody that [the] gang didn’t get along with[,] . . . a tradition passed down from generation to generation.” Kepa Maumau R. vol. 2, pt. 1, at 138-39. The evidence also suggested that gang members committed crimes together and looked out for fellow members. This unity was sufficient on the relationship prong. See United States v. Harris, 695 F.3d 1125, 1136 (10th Cir. 2012) (concluding that the “relationship” prong was satisfied when Crips members met, socialized at the “Crip club,” and “shar[ed] colors and handshakes”).