Acting on behalf of two individuals identified as members of the gang, the Public Defender asked the Supreme Court to review the decision. On January 23, 2008, the Supreme Court denied review, which has the effect of upholding the injunction. The Supreme Court’s ruling also leaves in effect the ruling of the Court of Appeal that the curfew provision of the injunction is unconstitutionally vague. The District Attorney’s office will be asking the Supreme Court to modify the curfew provision to comply with the appellate courts’ rulings.The District Attorney considers gang injunctions to be important tools in combating gang violence. Since the gang injunction has been in effect, the number of aggravated gang assaults in Oxnard has been cut in half and crime by the gang has dropped 70 percent.
Gang injunction upheld
January 30, 2008
Santa Paula News
District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced last week that the California Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of the gang injunction issued against the Colonia Chiques.
District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced last week that the California Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of the gang injunction issued against the Colonia Chiques. This ruling makes final the ruling of the Court of Appeal, which on October 15, 2007 upheld the injunction, with the exception of the curfew provision.The permanent injunction against the Colonia Chiques was issued by Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Bysshe on June 1, 2005. The injunction prohibits active members of the gang from engaging in particular conduct within a designated “Safety Zone,” including intimidating witnesses, associating with other known gang members, possessing weapons, public fighting, using gang gestures, wearing gang clothing, using or possessing illegal drugs, public consumption of alcohol, graffiti, trespassing, or violating other laws.
