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- Title: Washington V. Campbell
- Author : Division Two Court of Appeals of Washington
- Release Date : January 12, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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SEINFELD, C.J. -- The State tried Orlandis Donte Campbell with fellow youth gang member, Eugene Youngblood, for two counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit first degree premeditated murder of rival gang members. The jury convicted Campbell as charged. Campbell's 121 assignments of error include challenges to the admission of evidence about Campbell's gang activities and of expert testimony about the customs and conduct of gang members, and the denial of his motions to sever, for a continuance, and for a mistrial based upon prosecutorial misconduct. We conclude that the trial court found a sufficient nexus between gang affiliation and the homicides to justify the admission of the gang culture evidence. We further conclude that the trial court properly exercised its discretion in all its rulings. Thus, we affirm.