Article: CELL-PHONE MURDER CONVICTION UPHELD APPELLATE COURT SAYS PROSECUTORS FAILED TO PROVE GANG ENHANCEMENT.(News)

Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer

LANCASTER -- An appellate court has upheld the murder conviction of a reputed gang member who fatally shot a teenager in an argument over a cell phone.

The 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected arguments by Jerry Kelly III that there was prosecutorial misconduct and court errors during his trial. However, the court did rule that prosecutors failed to provide evidence that he'd committed the crime in association with or for the benefit of a gang.

``There is insufficient evidence to support the criminal street gang enhancement and we therefore reverse the true finding on that enhancement and remand for ...

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