Thomas v. State

Sixteen-year-old Nathan Dwayne Thomas, the appellant, was convicted for the murder of Robert "Chewman" Soles and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He raises four issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant's first two issues involve his contention that his conviction should be reversed because of the allegedly improper admission of testimony concerning his "gang" affiliation.

The State's evidence tended to show that the victim was murdered in what is commonly referred to as a "drive-by shooting." Although the evidence indicated that the appellant did the actual shooting,…