Ex Parte Jacquees Maurice Boone. (in Re: Jacquees Maurice Boone v. State of Alabama)

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the Court of Criminal Appeals and remanded because evidence of the defendant’s alleged gang affiliation was not relevant to motive and its probative value was substantially outweighed by prejudice, rendering its admission error. Justice Shaw filed a special concurrence agreeing with the reversal and emphasizing the lack of gang-related evidence.