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Appellate panel hears challenge to gang-related evidence in Crossley murder conviction
Summary
In oral argument, defense counsel challenged admission of expert gang testimony and Rule 404(b) evidence as unreliable and prejudicial, while the state said video, physical and associational evidence supported admission for motive and identity. The court took the matter under advisement.
Raven Priam Morris, arguing for Gerald Elijah Crossley, told an appellate court that the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony and other gang-related evidence that she said unfairly prejudiced the jury and infected the verdict.
Morris said she raised three issues on appeal but would concentrate on two that challenge the admission of evidence about a purported rivalry among rival groups and separate evidence of Crossley’s alleged membership or affiliation. "Without a gang motive for this case, Mr. Crossley’s alleged gang membership is absolutely irrelevant," Morris told the panel, contending the expert’s opinion was unreliable and that the record lacks the usual corroborating proof of membership such as a validation form, social-media corroboration, tattoos, or other confirming…
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