Opinion ID: 3155943
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Lannell Cooper

Text: Government witnesses testified that appellant Cooper was a long-standing and high-ranking member of the organization who by 2004 ―could tell everybody [in the gang] what to do.‖ He was also deeply involved in the illegal drug trade on 22nd Street. Cooper was a principal in the murder of Terrence Jones for perceived threats to the gang‘s reputation and territory on 22nd Street. And he was the instigator of a series of attempts to obstruct justice with regard to the cooperation of the Johnson sisters with the government in his 2006 prosecution – attempts which were ultimately connected to Laquanda Johnson‘s murder by Alphonce Little. Clearly, the evidence was sufficient to show his knowing participation in an agreement with other members of the 22nd Street crew to commit obstruction of 29 justice and murder of individuals possessing interests conflicting with those of the gang.