State v. Brockett

STEPHENS, Judge.

On 6 March 2005, O’Joshua Roberts (“Roberts”) saw Defendant, a member of a street gang in Greenville called the “Fifth Street Boys,” at a convenience store in their neighborhood. Defendant told Roberts he was afraid that the “New York Boys,” another street gang in Greenville, were “going to kill somebody” because of “some earlier shootings.” Defendant then told Roberts that “he was going to get them before they get somebody in our neighborhood.” Later that evening, Defendant and Roberts rode bicycles toward a house where they believed certain “New York Boys” were gathered.…