State v. Burton

¶ 1. Thomas C. Burton appeals his convictions stemming from three shootings in Racine. He objects here, as he did in the trial court, to the testimony of a "gang expert" called by the State. The State called the expert for two stated reasons: to explain why certain witnesses might change their stories between the time of the incident and the trial, and to explain that the shootings might have been motivated by Burton's desire to regain respect that he had lost when one of the shooting victims allegedly robbed him and took his pants. Burton argues that absent evidence that he was himself a…