Nut Cases, a notorious Oakland gang man convicted in 2003 slaying

Man convicted in 2003 slaying | Ari Burack | Crime | San Francisco Examiner: "San Francisco jurors deliberated for little more than two days before convicting an Oakland man Monday of first-degree murder for the 2003 slaying of a Tenderloin man.

Joevon Bowen now faces 25 years to life in prison for the Feb. 19, 2003, fatal shooting of 26-year-old Armando Arce during an attempted robbery at about 3:30 a.m. near Willow Alley and Polk Street.

Three other men were shot in Oakland hours earlier, two of them fatally, in a robbery-murder spree Alameda County prosecutors have said was part of a plan to start a new branch of the Nut Cases, a notorious Oakland gang. The crimes had been considered a test of loyalty.

Bowen, now 32, was long considered the triggerman in Arce’s killing, but was not arrested until September 2009 following prosecutions in Alameda County of other suspects in the murders."