State v. Ros

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The issues in this appeal arise from a New Year’s Eve celebration that ended in tragedy, yet another lamentable incident of gang-related violence. As five companions left a party in the early morning hours of January 1, 2002, gunshots directed at their automobile resulted in the death of one passenger and the permanent paralysis of another. A jury convicted Aran Ros and Veasna Sin (the defendants), following a joint trial, on nine criminal counts relating to the shootings. The defendants raise a number of issues on appeal. They argue, primarily, that the…