Williams Sr., Billy Ray v. State ( 2013 )


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  • AFFIRM; Opinion Filed .January 30, 2013.
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    No. 05-11-01013-CR
    BILLY RAY WILLIAMS, SR., Appellant
    V.
    THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
    On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District Court
    Dallas County, Texas
    Trial Court Cause No. F10-71348-W
    OPINION
    Before Justices Moseley, Fillmore, and Myers
    Opinion By Justice Myers
    Appellant Billy Ray Williams, Sr., was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
    and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. In three issues, he contends the evidence is insufficient, the
    trial court erred by refusing to allow defense counsel to impeach a State’s witness with a prior
    inconsistent statement, and the court should have admitted evidence of the complainant’s gang
    membership. We affirm.
    BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
    Appellant rented a room from complainant David Crow’s uncle at a house on Medill Street,
    in Dallas, Texas. Fifty-seven years old at the time of trial, appellant was unemployed and receiving
    Social Security disability payments. He had rheumatoid arthritis, gout, liver problems, and suffered
    a heart attack in 20(J6. David Crow testified that, on the morning of February 8. 2010. the day before
    the offense, appellant entered their house drunk while David was on the couch watching television.
    Appellant stepped on David’s shoes. When David asked appellant to apologize, appellant pulled out
    a knife and swung at David. David testified he “had no choice but to defend himself,” and that he
    “beat up” appellant.
    On the kllowing day, February 9, David and his family went shopping. When they returned
    to their apartment complex, which was located on Park Row in Dallas, Texas, appellant drove up,
    and he and two of his sons “jumped out” of the car. David believed his family had been followed
    because he saw one of appellant’s sons at the store when they were shopping. After getting out of
    the car, appellant “pulled out a knife” and swung at David’s brother, Eric, trying to stab him. Eric
    backed away. Appellant’s son ran towards David and his family, and appellant went back to the car
    and retrieved a rifle. David testified that appellant pointed the rifle directly at him. Appellant shot
    David in the right shoulder, David fell back, then appellant stood over him and shot him two more
    times—in the foot and the left buttocks. David denied doing or saying anything to appellant up to
    that point to provoke him, and David also denied possessing a weapon or making any threatening
    movements. David admitted he had several prior drug convictions.
    Eugene Crow was a cousin of Evelyn Crow, who was the mother of Eric and David. He
    testified that, on the day before the shooting, after the confrontation between David and appellant,
    he had a brief conversation with appellant as he was leaving the Grand City grocery store. Appellant
    was sitting in a “little white car.” He told Eugene, “I’m going to kill your cousin.” ‘When appellant
    made this statement, Eugene saw what looked like a shotgun on appellant’s lap. Eugene told Evelyn
    what he had heard; David was also there. Eugene also testified that, in 1991, he had been convicted
    of delivery of a controlled substance.
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    According to Evelyn Crow, on February 9, 2010, she, David, Eric, and her common-law
    husband, Robert Kinney, went shopping to celebrate Evelyn’s birthday. They stopped at the Grand
    City grocery store, then returned to their apartment. They had just returned from the store when
    appellant and his son pulled up approximately five feet behind them. Appellant got out of the car,
    walked over to Eric and punched him in the face. When Eric tried to hit appellant, Evelyn grabbed
    him because she could see appellant had a switchblade knife. Appellant got a ritle out of the
    backseat of his car and pointed it at Evelyn, who was standing between Eric and David. Appellant
    told David to “quit being a coward” and “step away from your momma.” When David broke free
    from Evelyn, appellant shot him in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. Appellant then shot
    David two more times, hitting him in the heel and the buttocks. Evelyn testified that neither she, her
    two sons, nor Robert made any threatening movements toward appellant. Appellant fled before the
    police arrived.
    Eric Crow testified that after he and his family returned from shopping on the day of the
    shooting, appellant pulled up behind them and got out of his car. He asked Eric, “What’s up now?’
    Eric asked appellant what he was talking about, after which appellant hit him in the face. Eric
    contended he had no weapon and did not make any threatening movement towards appellant, nor did
    he say anything to provoke him.
    Eric put down the shopping bags and prepared to defend himself. Appellant pulled out a
    switchblade knife and opened up the blade, then backed up to his open car door and pulled out a
    single-barrel “long” rifle. Appellant pointed the rifle at Eric, David, and Evelyn. Appellant told Eric
    and David to “quit being cowards” and step away from their mother. When David moved away from
    his mother, appellant shot him in the shoulder. David fell down, and appellant fired several more
    shots. David was shot three times. Eric added that appellant “kept trying to fire, but I guess the gun
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    jammed, because he kept messing with it, trying to get it to shoot and it wouldn’t shoot.” At that
    point, someone punched Eric on the back of the head and said, “This is for my daddy, you mess with
    my daddy.” Eric admitted he had three prior convictions concerning controlled substances.
    After being recalled by the defense, Eric testified that he was intoxicated at the time of the
    shooting. His blood alcohol level was .27, which is more than three times the legal limit. Eric also
    testified that he joined a gang, the Park Row Posse, when he was approximately sixteen or seventeen
    years old. David Crow was also a member of this gang. Eric admitted having a “Park Row” tattoo
    on his chest and the number “187,” which was also the police code for a murder, tattooed on his
    back. Eric testified that he was involved with the Park Row Posse for approximately seven or eight
    years, until he graduated from high school in 1997, and was not involved in gang activity “[p]retty
    much after that.”
    Joyce Rahb testified that she was at the Park Row apartment complex visiting a friend on
    February 9, 2010. At approximately 5:30 in the evening, she heard “a lot of commotion” outside of
    her friend’s apartment. She looked out the window and saw “a guy standing over a boy laying on
    the ground.” The man was pointing a “big long gun” at “the person that was on the ground.” When
    Rabb went outside, she saw the man shoot the boy. She could not identify anyone in court as the
    shooter. Rabb acknowledged that she had been convicted of several theft offenses.
    Robert Kinney lived with Evelyn, David, and Eric at the Park Row apartment. On February
    9, 2010, they went shopping, were followed home, and as they unloaded their purchases from the
    tnthk of their car. another car pulled up behind them. Kinney testified that appellant exited the car,
    went over to Eric, hit him in the jaw, then pulled out a knife. A second person also exited the car.
    This second person had his hand in his pocket, and Kinney “saw something silver coming out of his
    pocket, but he didn’t take it all the way out.” Kinney “figured it was a gun.” After hitting Eric,
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    appellant backed away and got a    gun   from the driver side of the car, Kinney recalled that the gun
    was “kind of long and had a short clip magazine in it.” Appellant told David, who was standing with
    Evelyn and Eric, to “break loose” from Evelyn so he could “take care of his business.” As he said
    this, appellant pointed the gun at David. A few seconds after David pulled away from his mother,
    appellant “started shooting.” Kinney testified that he saw appellant shoot David in the shoulder.
    David fell down, and then appellant shot him two more times. According to Kinney, no one in his
    group made any threatening moves toward appellant before the shooting began, nor did they say or
    do anything that could have been interpreted as a threat.
    Appellant testified that, on the day before the offense, he was walking back to his room after
    washing clothes when he tripped over David Crow’s foot. Appellant apologized, then opened the
    door to his room and put his clothes on the bed. Before he could enter the room, however, David
    repeatedly struck appellant in the face, knocking out his teeth and leaving him with a swollen face,
    lips and eyes. Appellant added that, because of his arthritis, he could not defend himself. Appellant
    estimated David hit him twenty to thirty times. The beating stopped only when David’s uncle (who
    was also appellant’s landlord) intervened. Appellant called the police to report the incident. Afraid
    of what David might do, appellant spent the night at his girlfriend’s house in Carroliton, Texas.
    Appellant testified that he had lived in the neighborhood “off and on” for approximately forty
    years and knew David’s reputation and the reputation of his family. Asked about David’s reputation
    for being a peaceful and law abiding citizen, appellant said, “That don’t exist. They——drug dealers,
    robbers. They beat up old folks, take their money      .   .   .   I know they’re dangerous, you know.”
    Appellant added that David’s reputation in the neighborhood was “not very peaceful.” Appellant
    warned others in the neighborhood to “watch out for these guys” because “they’re dangerous.”
    The day after the altercation with David, on February 9, 2010, appellant went to a
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    neighborhood store he often visited because he believed he would be safer there, and he did not want
    to be alone. While he was talking to neighbors about what happened, appellant saw David arrive at
    the same store. As David walked by appellant, he made a gun gesture with his fingers and acted as
    if he was shooting appellant. This made appellant even more afraid of David. Later that day,
    appellant saw David riding in a car with his brother Eric. their mother Evelyn Crow, and another
    man. Appellant wanted to talk to Evelyn about her son’s behavior, so he followed them to their
    apartment.
    Appellant testified that, when he got of his car at the Crow’s apartment, Eric ran towards him
    “like he was fixing to start beating on me, too.” In response, appellant pulled a small pocketknife
    from his pocket and told Eric to “get hack.” Appellant backed away and went to his car to get his
    rifle. Appellant looked back and saw David break away from his mother; appellant thought he was
    pulling out a weapon to shoot appellant “for coming over there.” Appellant also heard David “say
    something about a gun.” Believing he was in a life or death situation, appellant shot David several
    times in quick succession.
    On cross-examination, appellant admitted he drank “beers in the morning” and “probably
    drank a couple of beers” on the morning of the February 8 incident at David’s uncle’s residence.
    Appellant testified that he tripped over David’s shoe but denied that David asked him to apologize,
    that he pulled a knife on David, or that David swung at him in self-defense because he pulled a knife.
    Appellant also testified that he feared David and knew he frequented the store, yet he went to the
    store anyway. Appellant likewise admitted that, although he was terrified of David, he got in his car
    and followed David and his family to their apartment. Appellant insisted he “didn’t touch Eric.”
    Dallas Police Officer Jasmine Mitchell testified that she responded to a disturbance call at
    the Medill street address on February 8, 2010. When the officer arrived at the crime scene, she
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    noticed that appellant’s face, lips and eyes were swollen, and several teeth had been knocked out.
    Appellant had been badly beaten. Appellant told the officer that David Crow had assaulted him for
    accidentally stepping   Ofl   his foot. Mitchell looked for David but could not find him.
    Andrea Hollie. appellant’s girlfriend, testified regarding appellant’s injuries from the
    heating——appellant’s mouth was bloody, his face was swollen, and his teeth “was knocked out.”
    Appellant “was shaking” and “nerved up,” and Hollie added that appellant was scared and “didn’t
    know.. why this happened to him or anything.” She also testified that David and Eric did not have
    .
    a reputation for being either peaceful or law-abiding.
    Appellant was separately indicted for the aggravated assaults of David Crow and Eric Crow.
    The two cases arose from the same event, and were tried together. The jury found appellant guilty
    of aggravated assault against David Crow but acquitted him of the same offense against Eric Crow.
    This appeal followed.
    DISCUSSION
    Sufficiency
    In his first issue, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support the aggravated
    assault conviction.
    In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we examine all the evidence in
    the light most favorable to the verdict and determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found
    the essential elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 
    443 U.S. 307
    ,
    319 (1979); Lucio u. State, 
    351 S.W.3d 878
    , 894-95 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). We are required to
    defer to the fact finder’s credibility and weight determinations because the fact finder is the sole
    judge of the witnesses’ credibility and the weight to be given their testimony. See 
    Jackson, 443 U.S. at 326
    . The standard of review is the same for direct and circumstantial evidence cases. See Isassi
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    1’.   State, 
    330 S.W.3d 633
    , 638 (Tex. Crim, App. 2010). Circumstantial evidence is as probative
    as
    direct evidence in establishing guilt. and circumstantial evidence alone can be sufficient to establish
    guilt. looper v. State, 
    214 S.W.3d 9
    , 13 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007).
    Appellant was charged with committing aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
    by
    intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly causing bodily injury to David Crow by shooting
    him with
    a rifle, and that appellant used or exhibited a deadly weapon. a rifle, during the commission
    of the
    assault. See TEx. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(a)(1), 22.02(a)(2). The court’s charge instructed
    the
    jury that if it believed appellant:
    did intentionally or knowingly or recklessly cause bodily injury to David Crow,
    hereinafter called complainant, by shooting complainant with a rifle, and said
    defendant did use or exhibit a deadly weapon, to-wit: a rifle, during the commission
    of the assault, then you will find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault with a
    deadly weapon as charged in the indictment.
    The jury was also instructed on the law of self-defense. A person is justified in using force
    when and to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect
    himself
    against the other’s use or attempted use of unlawful force. 
    Id. § 9.31(a).
    A person is also
    justified
    in using deadly force against another when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly
    force
    is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other’s use or attempted use of
    unlawful
    deadly force. 
    Id. § 9.32(a)(2)(A).
    Self-defense is classified as a “defense,” as opposed to an “affirmative defense.” Zulian
    i v.
    State, 
    97 S.W.3d 589
    , 594 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). With a defense, the burden at trial alternates
    between the defense and the State. 
    Id. A defendant
    bears the initial burden of produc
    ing some
    evidence to support a claim of self-defense. 
    Id. Once the
    defendant produces such evidence,
    the
    State bears the burden of persuasion in disproving the raised defense. 
    Id. at 594
    (citing
    Saxton v.
    State, 
    804 S.W.2d 910
    , 913 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)); Harrod v. State, 
    203 S.W.3d 622
    , 626
    n.4
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    (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006. no pet.) (State’s burden to negate self-defense is one of persuasion—not
    one of production as is State’s burden to prove elements of an offense), “The jury alone decides
    whether to reject or accept a properly raised defensive theory.” Sparks v. State, 
    177 S.W.3d 127
    , 131
    (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, no pet.). If the jury finds the defendant guilty, there is an
    implicit finding against the defensive theory. 
    Zuliani, 97 S.W.3d at 594
    .
    Additionally, the court’s charge instructed the jury that it is unlawful for a person who has
    been convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any location other than his premises, and that in
    determining whether appellant reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was immediately
    necessary, the jury could consider whether appellant failed to retreat if he was engaged in criminal
    activity at the time the deadly force was used. Appellant’s indictment alleged, and he admitted, that
    he had prior felony convictions for DWI and possession of a controlled substance.
    Appellant testified at trial that, on the day before the shooting, David Crow repeatedly struck
    him on the face and knocked out his teeth after he tripped over David’s foot. Then, on the following
    day, appellant deliberately followed the Crow family to their home because he wanted to talk to
    David’s mother, Evelyn, about her son’s behavior. Appellant did this even though he feared David
    and believed the Crow family—described by appellant as “drug dealers” and “robbers”—had a
    reputation in the neighborhood for being neither peaceful nor law-abiding. Appellant testified that
    Eric Crow moved towards him, after which appellant pulled out a knife and then backed up to his
    car to retrieve a rifle from the vehicle. Appellant argues he heard someone say something about a
    gun when he was retrieving the rifle and that David Crow pulled away from his mother, causing
    appellant to fear for his life. Other witnesses testified, however, that appellant was the aggressor.
    Appellant shot David Crow several times.
    Appellant’s aggravated assault conviction is supported by legally sufficient evidence.
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    Appellant’s testimony alone does not conclusively prove self-defense as a matter of law. See London
    v. State, 
    325 S.W.3d 197
    , 203 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, pet. ref’d). The jury was the sole judge of
    witness credibility and the weight to be given to the witnesses’ testimony. See itL The jury was free
    to accept or reject the defensive evidence. 
    Saxton, 804 S.W.2d at 944
    . Considering all of the
    evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude a rational jury could have found
    appellant guilty of all of the elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt and rejected his self-
    defense claim. We overrule appellant’s first issue.
    Prior Inconsistent Statement
    In his second issue, appellant contends the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to
    allow defense counsel to impeach Eric Crow with an alleged prior inconsistent statement.
    Prior to trial, the State had filed a motion in limine that sought to preclude any questions from
    the defense regarding any negative character trait, including gang membership or affiliation, and any
    prior criminal history not including felonies or crimes of moral turpitude, of any witness called by
    the State. At the prosecutor’s request, the trial court tabled the motion until after hearing testimony
    from the complaining witnesses. Shortly before appellant testified, there was a discussion about the
    scope of his testimony. The trial court ruled appellant could testify about the Crows’ reputation but
    not about anything appellant did not witness, and that there could be evidence of specific acts to
    show appellant’s state of mind, but not evidence of the complaining witness’s state of mind. The
    court added, however, that it would allow specific acts of misconduct on the part of the complaining
    witness to show his state of mind.
    After defense counsel recalled Eric Crow, the witness testified, as noted earlier, that he was
    a member of the Park Row Posse for approximately seven or eight years, until he graduated from
    high school in 1997, and was not involved in gang activity “[pIretty much after that.” When counsel
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    then asked about the street boundaries” of the Park Row Posse, the State objected to relevance.
    Outside the presence of the jury, the prosecutor asked the trial court to limit the cross—examination
    into the specific acts of conduct with other witnesses that defense counsel was going to recall
    because appellant had already testified to what he knew about any specific acts at the time of the
    offense. The court granted the motion and explained that defense counsel could not explore any
    gang activity or any other offense or prior incidents that might have occurred.
    When the trial resumed the following day, defense counsel sought to impeach Eric with the
    contents of two Dallas Police Department “gang information cards.” According to defense counsel,
    this evidence would have shown that David and Eric Crow “self reported” to two Dallas Police
    Department gang unit officers that, in 2009, they were members of the Park Row Posse. The trial
    court refused to allow counsel to impeach Eric with this evidence, or to call the gang unit officers
    as witnesses. The gang information cards were admitted for record purposes as defense exhibit
    seven.
    A trial court’s decision to admit or exclude evidence is reviewed under an abuse of discretion
    standard. Willover v. State, 
    70 S.W.3d 841
    , 845 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). The trial court’s ruling
    does not constitute an abuse of discretion unless it lies outside the zone of reasonable disagreement.
    Walters v. State, 
    247 S.W.2d 204
    , 217 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007); Montgomery v. State, 
    810 S.W.2d 372
    , 391 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)(op. on reh’g). The court’s decision will be upheld if it is correct
    under any theory that is supported by the evidence. 
    Willover, 70 S.W.3d at 845
    .
    Appellant contends he should have been allowed to impeach Eric Crow with the gang
    information cards and that this evidence was admissible as a prior inconsistent statement under rule
    of evidence 613(a). Rule 613(a) permits a party to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent
    statement. TEx. R. EvID. 6 13(a); Lopez v. State, 
    86 S.W.3d 228
    , 230 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). To
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    qualify for admission under rule 6 13(a), however, the trial court must be persuaded the statements
    are indeed inconsistent. 
    Lopez, 86 S.W.3d at 230
    ; see also United States v. Hale, 
    422 U.S. 171
    , 176
    (1975).
    Defendant’s exhibit seven contained two gang information cards. The first card, which was
    the first page of the exhibit, was an update of a gang member, who was listed as David Crow. The
    card stated David Crow’s “gang affiliation” as the “187 Park Row Posse,” and the “date of contact”
    listed on the card was May 4, 2009. Other information on the card indicated that David Crow
    frequented a gang area with another known gang member, who was identified on the card as Eric
    Crow. The residential address for David Crow and the address for the “known gang area” were the
    same: 3011 Park Row Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75215. The narrative section of the card stated, “SEE
    ERIC CROW 05/29/78 ON 05/04/09.”
    The second gang information card likewise indicated it was an update of a gang member,
    who was identified as David Crow. The card listed David Crow’s “gang affiliation” as the “Park
    Row Posse” and the “date of contact” was February 9, 2010, which was also the date of the offense.
    The location of the interview and the residential address were the same: 3011 Park Row Avenue,
    Number 3110, Dallas, Texas 75215. A box marked on the card reflected that David Crow frequented
    a “known gang area” address—3000 Park Row Avenue, Dallas, Texas—with a “known gang
    member,” who was listed as Eric Crow. The narrative section of the card stated that the “SUBJ” was
    shot by appellant “several times,” and continued that the brother of the “SUBJ” “was assaulted” by
    appellant and three other unknown males. The narrative concluded: “SUBJ has claimed Park Row
    Posse and assoc has claimed 357 Crips and Park Row Posse in the past.”
    Nothing in either gang information card reflects that Eric Crow stated he was a member of
    a gang in 2009, or that he had been a gang member more recently than he testified at trial. Thus, we
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    cannot say the trial court abused its discretion by refusing the allow the impeachment evidence.
    Moreover, even if we assume the trial court erred, appellant has not shown how being denied the
    opportunity to impeach Eric Crow’s testimony with the contents of the gang information cards
    harmed him, since appellant was acquitted of the aggravated assault of Eric Crow. See TEX. R. APP.
    P. 44.2(b); Solomon v. State, 
    49 S.W.3d 356
    , 365 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); see a/co Walters v. State,
    247 S,W.3d 204, 222 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (exclusion of evidence supporting defendant’s
    defensive theory was nonconstitutional error); Johnson v. State, 
    43 S.W.3d 1
    , 4 (Tex. Crim. App.
    2001) (erroneous admission or exclusion of evidence not reversible error unless it affects substantial
    right of defendant; substantial right is affected when error has substantial and injurious effect or
    influence in determining jury’s verdict). We overrule appellant’s second issue.
    Gang Membership
    In his third issue, appellant argues the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to “allow
    evidence regarding David’s Crow’s gang membership.”
    The court of criminal appeals has noted that there are two theories pursuant to the rules of
    evidence that allow a defendant to offer evidence concerning the victim’s character for violence or
    aggression when the defendant is charged with an assaultive offense. Ex parte Miller, 
    330 S.W.3d 610
    , 618 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). First, a defendant may offer reputation or opinion testimony or
    evidence of specific prior acts of violence by the victim to show the “reasonableness of defendant’s
    claim of apprehension of danger” from the victim. 
    Id. This is
    called “communicated character”
    because the defendant is aware of the victim’s violent tendencies and perceives a danger posed by
    the victim, regardless of whether the danger is real. 
    Id. (citing Mozon
    v. State, 
    991 S.W.2d 841
    , 846
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1999)). This theory does not invoke rule of evidence 404(a)(2) of the rules of
    evidence because rule 404 bars character evidence only when it is offered to prove conduct that is
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    in conformity, i.e., that the victim acted in conformity with his violent character. 
    Miller, 330 S.W.3d at 618-19
    .
    A defendant may also offer evidence of the victim’s character trait for violence to
    demonstrate that the victim was, in fact, the first aggressor. 
    Id. Rule 404(a)(2)
    applies to this theory,
    which is called “uncommunicated character” evidence, because it does not matter if the defendant
    was aware of the victim’s violent character. 
    Id. “The chain
    of logic is as follows: a witness testifies
    that the victim made an aggressive move against the defendant; another witness then testifies about
    the victim’s character for violence, but he may do so only through reputation and opinion testimony
    under Rule 405(a).” 
    Id. (emphasis in
    original).
    In this case, appellant contends the evidence of David Crow’s gang membership, as well as
    evidence of his arrest for having a blackjack or club, was admissible under rule 404(a)(2) because
    it was offered to prove appellant feared David and Eric, and therefore went to the heart of appellant’s
    self-defense claim and the state of appellant’s mind at the time of the offense. To be admissible for
    showing his state of mind, however, appellant must have known of the specific acts of the victim
    before the assault. See 
    Mown, 991 S.W.2d at 845-46
    ; see also Hayes v. State, 
    124 S.W.3d 781
    , 786
    (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.j 2003), aff’d, 
    161 S.W.3d 507
    (Tex. Crim. App. 2005) (evidence
    of prior assault with wrench admissible to show reasonableness of defendant’s fear because
    defendant personally knew of incident, but evidence of prior assault with gun not admissible because
    defendant had no knowledge of it). The trial court allowed evidence of the fight between appellant
    and David Crow that occurred on the day before the offense, but denied appellant’s request to present
    evidence of David Crow’s arrest for having a blackjack or club because there was no evidence
    appellant had knowledge of those specific acts. The record supports the trial court’s ruling. We
    cannot say the court abused its discretion by refusing to allow appellant to present evidence
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    regarding other specific acts of David Crow.
    As for evidence of David Crow’s gang membership, the jury heard Eric Crow testify that both
    Eric and David Crow belonged to a gang, the Park Row Posse. Appellant has not shown how he was
    harmed by the trial court’s refusal to allow appellant to present additional evidence of David Crow’s
    gang affiliation. See Thx. R. App.    44.2(b). We overrule appellant’s third issue.
    We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
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    JUSTICE
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    JUDGMENT
    BiLLY RAY WILLIAMS, SR., Appellant                 Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District
    Court of Dallas County, Texas. (Tr.Ct.No.
    No. 05-1 1-01013-CR                                F 10-7 1 348-W’.
    Opinion delivered by Justice yers, Justices
    THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                       Moseley and Fillmore participating.
    Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED.
    Judgment entered January 30, 2013.
    LANA MYERS
    JUSTICE