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Reid v. State

One victim identified the defendant as the gunman with gold teeth and wearing a red Hawaiian shirt who, along with several companions, shot at him and other in his group, injuring four and damaging a vehicle.

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A jury convicted Naquan Reid of four counts of aggravated assault, four counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime, and one count of first degree criminal damage to property. Reid appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for mistrial after a witness improperly introduced prejudicial character evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm. On appeal, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and Reid no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.1 “We do not weigh the evidence or decide the witnesses’ credibility, but only determine if the evidence is sufficient to sustain the convictions.”2 Viewed in this light, the evidence shows that Reid and numerous other men argued with another group of men in a nightclub parking lot on May 7, 2000 at approximately 2:45 a.m. Several men, including Reid, pulled out guns and fired towards the second group of men. As a result, four men sustained bullet wounds, and a vehicle was damaged.3

One of the victims, Salathia Warren, approached two police officers immediately after the shooting, racially described his assailant, and said that the man wore a “multi-colored red Hawaiian shirt.” As he was being treated for his injuries at the hospital, Warren identified another man —not Reid —as the shooter.4 However, Warren specifically identified Reid in a photographic lineup as the man that he saw fire a gun the evening of the shootings.

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