Flores v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

Jose Flores and Carlos Escobar were charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the shooting death of Francisco Cabral. Flores went to trial separately and a jury found him guilty of first degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Flores appeals from the judgment of conviction. He alleges that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, including evidence that Escobar had been previously convicted of a murder and that Flores and Escobar were affiliated with a gang.

FACTS

Two men approached Francisco Cabral and his fianceé, Charmaine…