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PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

295 A.D.2d 270 (2002)

743 N.Y.S.2d 872

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL EDWARDS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided June 27, 2002.

The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's gang membership. The expert's testimony that the gang to which defendant belonged engaged in random ritual slashings by which members earned advancement within the gang's hierarchy, coupled with the lack of any other discernible motive for defendant's attack on the victim, provided sufficient connection between defendant's gang membership and the crime...

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