State v. Waterhouse

JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.

11 Defendant, Devin Waterhouse, was charged by a grand jury indictment with the second degree murder of Kiran Harris. The State filed a motion in limine seeking to admit evidence of Defendant’s affiliation with a gang known as the “Prieur and Columbus Boys” (PCB) and evidence of prior acts of violence committed by the deceased victim and/or other PCB members upon the intended target, Bryan De-val, citing La. C.E. art. 404(B). Following a hearing held on September 18, 2014, the trial court issued a written ruling on September 23, 2014, denying the admission of…