York v. the State

McFadden, Judge.

After a jury trial, Abdurraashiyd York was convicted of two counts of burglary of gas station convenience stores. York appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial after one of his accomplices testified that she had been threatened by members of York’s gang. But because York opened the door to such testimony, the trial court did not err in denying a mistrial.

At trial, Christina Craig, who had previously pled guilty to the two burglaries, testified for the prosecution that she drove York and another accomplice in her car to the burglarized…