United States v. Derrell Sparks, United States of America v. Thomas McGhee

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• holding that it was not an abuse of discretion to let an expert testify “regarding the way gangs operate”
• approving admissibility of officer’s expert testimony on “the meamng of the graffiti and hand signs depicted in ... pictures,” relating them to gang affiliation
• noting evidence that co-defendants arrived at a house in the same car and conferred before approaching the house \indicated that they cooperated in their journey to the house\ and helped support their conspiracy convictions
• defendants’ presence in the same car on a journey to further the conspiracy indicates cooperation and agreement
• defendant threw down bag of cocaine base and warned others of police's arrival
• admission of gang affiliation evidence not an abuse of discretion

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