748 So. 2d 829 - Goree v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Our review, in view of the facts and circumstances present in the case before us today, has failed to produce any feasible exception to the admission of evidence relating to Goree’s alleged gang affiliation under both our rules of evidence and our current state of the law in Mississippi. [[Image here]] We recognize that a witness’s affiliation with a gang could be relevant, under appropriate circumstances, to establish potential bias, particularly in situations involving crimes committed between rival gang members. However, that is not the case in the matter before us today or at least not the case as is indicated in the record.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State · 984 So. 2d 352 - Dao v. State

2. “that the testimony elicited by the State on the issue of [his] involvement with . . . the Black Gangsters failed to pass muster under M.R.E. 403. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 984 So. 2d 352 - Dao v. State

3. “[t]he key issue remains whether [the evidence] was in some way related or linked to the crime charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin Blake Pugh v. State of Mississippi