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UTZ v. COM.

Record No. 1188-97-4.

505 S.E.2d 380 (1998)

28 Va. App. 411

Charles Justin UTZ, s/k/a Charles Justin Utz, a/k/a Justin C. Utz v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. O'Malie (Leon S. Demsky; Pelton, Balland, Young, Demsky, Baskin & O'Malie, P.C., on brief), Arlington, for appellant.

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., COLEMAN, J., and DUFF, Senior Judge.

DUFF, Senior Judge.

Charles Justin Utz appeals his convictions for the second degree murder of Jose Danilo-Alberto (the "victim") and for using a firearm in the commission of that murder. He contends the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the convictions and that the trial judge erred in allowing expert testimony of "street-gang" culture. We disagree and affirm.

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