Corado v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Salvadore Corado appeals his convictions for lynching, criminal street gang participation, and being a member of a mob that maliciously caused bodily injury by means of a caustic substance. 1 He contends that the trial court erred: (1) by admitting transcripts of grand jury testimony provided by his codefendants; (2) by instructing the jury on the charge of lynching; (3) by admitting the testimony of expert witnesses on gang culture and gang interaction; and (4) by admitting the prior convictions of two codefendants to prove that Corado was a member of a criminal street…