State v. Jones

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s murder conviction, holding that the trial court properly admitted evidence of his alleged gang affiliation to show motive and evidence of his conduct while evading arrest to show consciousness of guilt. The gang evidence was sufficiently linked to the shooting and was accompanied by limiting instructions, while the later evasive conduct was temporally close to the defendant’s learning of the arrest warrant. The court concluded that neither category of evidence was unfairly prejudicial.