DeLeon v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

Ayinde DeLeon appeals his conviction of first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first degree murder of a fellow prisoner in the Maryland Department of Corrections (“DOC”). DeLeon contends that his trial was prejudiced by the admission of evidence that he was associated with the “Bloods” gang. He asserts that “[ejvidence of gang membership and activity was not relevant to the facts of [DeLeonj’s case, was highly prejudicial, and was admitted without sufficient factual basis or nexus to the crimes as alleged.” This prejudice, he argues, arises from the risk that jury members…