Johninson v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

In this appeal from his conviction as a habitual offender on a second-degree murder charge, for which he received a forty-year sentence, the appellant, Michael F. Johninson, raises two points for reversal. He contends that the trial court erred in (1) prohibiting him from introducing expert testimony regarding the culture and dynamics of urban street gangs and (2) denying his motion for discovery of the State’s “gang files.” Neither point has merit, and we affirm the judgment.

Facts

Late in the afternoon of August 9, 1992, appellant Johninson and Frances Walton, a…