BUTLER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)

310 Ga. 892

FINAL COPY S20A1297. BUTLER v. THE STATE. S20A1298. AVERY v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Demarco Butler and Antonio Avery were tried jointly by a DeKalb County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting incident that killed Jordan Collins and wounded his brother, Chad Collins. Butler appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court erred when it admitted expert testimony about gang activity and about Butler’s participation in a gang. In his separate appeal, Avery contends that the evidence…