Burris v. State

In the present case, Shelton Burris,1 was convicted of the first degree murder of Hubert Dickerson, Jr., and a related charge, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Burris, according to the State’s theory of the case, was a “hit man” for the Black Guerilla Family gang (“BGF”) and was ordered by his gang boss, “Bam,”2 to Mil Hubert Dickerson, Jr., because Mr. Dickerson owed Bam money.

The State moved, prior to trial,3 to introduce the testimony of Sergeant Dennis WorMey of the Baltimore City Police Department, proffered as a gang expert, who would identify Burris as a…