Campbell v. the State (four Cases)

Summary

The court affirmed all four defendants’ convictions, rejecting challenges concerning joinder, evidentiary rulings, jury instructions, confrontation, counsel disqualification, plea negotiations, and sufficiency of the evidence. The court held that juror-intimidation evidence and a deliberate-ignorance instruction were erroneously admitted or given in some respects, but those errors were harmless or did not satisfy plain-error requirements. The court also concluded that the murder-related trials were properly joined, the challenged gang and out-of-court evidence was admissible for the purposes presented, and the remaining claims failed under the applicable standards of review. All Justices concurred.