People v. Colon

Defendant Jose Colon was charged with the murder of Rafael Matamoros and the attempted murder of Nathan Iverson, both resulting from the same shooting incident. At defendant’s first trial, a jury found him not guilty of attempted murder and was unable to reach a verdict as to the murder charge. At his second trial, defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Defendant alleges it was error (1) to allow evidence of gang membership to be admitted; (2) to allow evidence of another shooting. at companions of the victim in the same locale later in the same evening with…