Tuck 6 (Sidewayz Ent) Found Guilty of Murder

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SAN DIEGO — A man accused in a gang-related fatal shooting in Encanto in 2007 that took the life of a 20-year-old man was convicted Friday of first-degree murder.

A jury also found Maurice Tucker, 23, guilty of shooting at an inhabited dwelling as well as gun and gang allegations in connection with the death of Stephen Cleveland, who was mortally wounded outside his grandmother’s home.

San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth scheduled a sentencing hearing for Sept. 26, when Tucker could be sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.

On June 9, 2007, an SUV pulled up outside the home on South 65th Street near Cielo Drive. Someone got out of the car and fired at Cleveland several times as he walked his girlfriend to her car. He collapsed in a nearby driveway and died about an hour later.

San Diego police arrested Tucker on March 1, 2010, as he drove along Imperial Avenue. Another man, Charles Neal, was convicted last year of second-degree murder in connection with the Cleveland shooting and was sentenced to 40 years to life.

Deputy District Attorney Kristian Trocha said there had been an altercation at a concert in April 2007 between Tucker, Neal and their associates — all gang members — and a group of rivals that included Cleveland.

The prosecutor said Tucker and Neal were beaten up in that altercation.
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SAN DIEGO -- A gang member who fatally shot a rival more than four years ago in southeast San Diego because the victim had "disrespected" the defendant's gang was convicted Friday of first-degree murder.

Maurice David Tucker faces 50 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced Sept. 26 by Judge Michael Smyth.

Jurors also found true allegations that the murder was carried out for the benefit of a street gang and that Tucker used a gun in the June 9, 2007 attack on 20-year-old Stephen Cleveland.

Tucker was convicted in a second trial. A different jury deadlocked 11-1 for guilt last November, when co-defendant Charles Neal was convicted. Deputy District Attorney Kristian Trocha told jurors in the retrial that Cleveland and his friends jumped the defendant and his friends at a Lil Wayne concert on April 28, 2007.

Tucker, 23, and his gang were upset because Cleveland's gang had disrupted a community celebration at Martin Luther King Park, the prosecutor said.

Tucker and Neal borrowed a green SUV, got dressed in black and decided to go after Cleveland, according to Trocha.

Just before 9 p.m. on June 9. 2007, the green SUV pulled up in front of the victim's home as he was saying goodbye to his girlfriend, the prosecutor said.

Cleveland ran, but a passenger in the SUV got out fired multiple shots at the victim, killing him, Cleveland's girlfriend told police.

After the murder, Tucker talked about killing Cleveland, an informant told police. According to the informant, Tucker said Neal initially confronted the victim but was "taking too long," so Tucker got out and shot Cleveland in the neck.

The victim was actually shot in the upper body.

Defense attorney Wil Rumble told jurors that his client was not at the crime scene and prosecutors didn't have any physical evidence tying Tucker to the murder.

Statements by the victim's girlfriend and the confidential informant were inconsistent and could not be relied upon, the defense attorney said.
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