United States v. Roach

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Manuel A. Roach was a long-time member of the Northside Crips, a Wichita, Kansas, street gang. Years after his last documented involvement in a gang-related criminal incident and more than a year after he acknowledged living a gang “lifestyle,” police obtained and executed a search warrant for his girlfriend’s residence. During the search, officers found a firearm, ammunition, and a bag of crack cocaine. At Roach’s subsequent trial, a police detective was allowed to testify as an expert on gang culture. A jury convicted Roach of five counts arising from possession of the…