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Morris v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for a gang-related murder.

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Appellant Edward Morris was convicted of murder, aggravated assault, criminal street gang activity, and related offenses in connection with incidents involving victims Randy Griffin and Lacey Magee in May and June of 2007. Morris appeals his judgment of conviction, contending that the trial court erred by refusing to sever a particular count from the others at trial and by admitting certain expert testimony, and that the State failed to prove venue. Finding no error, we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows.2 Morris was a member of the “International Robbing Club” or “IRC,” a loosely affiliated group of friends and associates who planned and executed so-called “licks,” robberies of individuals believed to possess significant amounts of cash, drugs, jewelry, and other high value items. In May 2007, IRC members targeted Griffin, a jewelry merchant who regularly wore flashy jewelry. In the early hours of May 22, 2007, Morris and various co-indictees followed Griffin as he was driving home from a night club, intending to rob him. When Griffin and Magee, his girlfriend, pulled into Griffin’s driveway and exited their cars, shots were fired at them from a gold Toyota Avalon occupied by Morris and co-defendants Carlos Drennon, Maurice Hargrove, and Vincent Morris. Magee was shot in the hand, and Griffin returned fire. The Avalon drove off, with both Drennon and Vincent Morris having been shot. Following the incident, Magee and Drennon were treated for their injuries at the same hospital, and Griffin, who had accompanied Magee to the hospital, identified Drennon as one of their assailants, leading to Drennon’s arrest.

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