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Most of Zachary Skone’s convictions arose from his shooting of Dane Alexander on January 14, 2018.
As part of the prosecution, the State sought to show that non-Latinx Caucasian Skone was either a member of the Norteños, a criminal street gang typically associated with Mexican-Americans, or he sought to be a member.
The State also alleged that the shooting was gang related.
Although Skone’s personal restraint petition focuses on the content of voir dire, we must view the voir dire in the context of the underlying facts of Skone’s conduct and, in particular, his participation in Hispanic gang activity.
At trial, Zachary Skone testified to being robbed at gunpoint twice by individuals other than Dane Alexander. According to Skone, his sister had been raped by a son of a member of the Sureños, and Skone had threatened to assault the rapist.
Sureños is a rival gang to Norteños.
After the threat, members of the Sureños gang warned Skone not to harm the son of the gang member or else the gang would “take action.” Skone considered the warning as a threat to kill or seriously maim him. He thereafter carried a gun.
“He just wears red [the color of the gang, Norteños]”.
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