State v. Lane

DIETZ, Judge.

Defendant Lacedric Jamal Lane appeals multiple convictions after he shot at a car in which his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend were passengers, hitting the boyfriend in the back and injuring the ex-girlfriend with shattered window glass. As explained below, we hold that the trial court properly admitted evidence that the ex-girlfriend was sixteen years old when she began her relationship with Lane because that evidence established the length of Lane's relationship with the victim, and thus supported the State's theory concerning a motive for the shooting.

We also reject Lane's…