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Jerry Lee Lewis appeals from judgment of conviction and sentence for criminal gang participation and terrorism.
Between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. on August 12, 1992, several shots were fired into the Brenda Mason residence located at Twelfth and Marquette Streets in Davenport. Her home is located in an area that at the time was the turf of the Black Gangster Disciples gang.
Although Mason, her son Terrance, and family friend Archie Bledsoe, Jr., were in the Mason home at the time of the incident, none of them were injured. They did not see their attackers.
Evidence was also presented as to Lewis’ membership in the Vice Lords, a rival gang of the Black Gangster Disciples. At the trial Lewis admitted, recanted, then reaffirmed that he was a member of the Vice Lords.
Hawkins also testified that in 1991 he was present at a party in the Palmer College of Chiropractic auditorium. At the end of the party, a member of the Gangster Disciples performed a rap song belittling the Vice Lords.
A Vice Lords member then performed a rap song belittling the Gangster Disciples.
A fight ensued, with a Gangster Disciples member being assaulted to the point of almost losing an eye.
From this evidence the jury could reasonably find that at least two criminal acts were committed on separate dates by persons who are members of the same criminal gang, the Vice Lords.
State v. Lewis, 514 N.W.2d 63 (1994). No. 93-157. Supreme Court of Iowa. March 23, 1994
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