Opinion ID: 2195033
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Gang expert's testimony

Text: Although the Gang Strike Force officer's testimony about criminal gangs went beyond the guidelines we suggested in DeShay and Lopez-Rios, this trial took place before those decisions were filed. Moreover, each of those decisions held that similar gang testimony was harmless error. See State v. DeShay, 669 N.W.2d 878, 888 (Minn.2003); State v. Lopez-Rios, 669 N.W.2d 603, 613 (Minn.2003). I would reach the same conclusion here because the officer's testimony was no more prejudicial than that in DeShay and Lopez-Rios, and because Burrell admits that there was ample other testimony indicating that the shooting was committed for the benefit of a gang. ANDERSON, Russell A., J. (concurring and dissenting).