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We have before us a variety of motions filed by defendants convicted of serious charges stemming from their involvement in and with the notorious El Rukn street gang.
Cooksey’s conviction for shooting Theotis Clark pursuant to an El Rukn plan to intimidate members of the King Cobras is in fact supported by evidence adduced at trial by the government.
Indeed, beyond the government’s witnesses, Cooksey himself admitted at trial that he shot Clark.
To the extent that Cooksey’s argument is that the government did not prove that the shooting was related to the King Cobras and an El Rukn attempt to warn that rival gang that it should not sell heroin at a certain location, that argument must fail.
While Cooksey might interpret the evidence differently than did the jury, the government did present evidence that Clark was a member of the King Cobras and that the shooting was related to the narcotics competition between the King Cobras and the El Rukns.
United States v. Boyd, 792 F. Supp. 1083 (N.D. Ill. 1992). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – 792 F. Supp. 1083. March 10, 1992
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