State v. Campbell

The State tried Orlandis Donte Campbell with fellow youth gang member, Eugene Youngblood, for two counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit first degree premeditated murder of rival gang members. The jury convicted Campbell as charged. Campbell’s 121 assignments of error include challenges to the admission of evidence about Campbell’s gang activities and of expert testimony about the customs and conduct of gang members, and the denial of his motions to sever, for a continuance, and for a mistrial based upon prosecutorial misconduct. We conclude that the trial court…