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Edgardo Ortiz Guevara was sentenced to 28 years to life under the “Three Strikes” law. His third strike was a nonserious, nonviolent felony. Guevara also had prior prison term enhancements. When the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012, was enacted by California voters, Guevara petitioned the trial court for relief from his life sentence.
A gang expert testified that Guevara is a member in good standing of Casa Blanca, a southern Hispanic and Sureno gang.
Prison records from 2001 show that he was working with the Mexican Mafia in prison. He was the ‘shot caller’ for members of southern Hispanic gangs from the Inland Empire.
He was placed in administrative segregation in 2001 because the Inland Empire gangs under his influence were ‘the major obstacle’ to a negotiated truce between northern and southern gang members.
In 2012, a prison gang roster showed Guevara was still a southern Hispanic gang member in good standing.
People, Petitioner, v. the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County. In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District. 2d. Crim. No. B329457 (Super. Ct. No. 1183843). Real Party in Interest.
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