State v. Newton

COOKS, Judge.

|, FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant, Nina Lambert Newton, is the mother of Sean and Brandon Newton. Sean, Brandon, Joshua Lambert (their cousin), and three friends became involved in a gang dispute at Prien Lake Mall. The two gangs continued their confrontation in a neighborhood behind the mall. The six young men were all in the Newtons’ father’s car and Sean Newton was driving. The boys drove through the neighborhood looking for the other gang. When they saw the men, Sean fired a gun from the driver’s side window into the crowd. A fourteen-year-old girl who happened to be…