State v. Gorbea

Defendant appeals his convictions for burglary, assault, and robbery. He contends the trial court erred by: (1) failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether extranéous information improperly influenced the jury; and (2) considering defendant’s lack of remorse at sentencing without granting him judicial immunity. We affirm.

On November 13,1996 two individuals entered the home of Yolanda Phillips wearing masks and brandishing a shotgun. They struck a visitor in the mouth and stole Phillips’s rent money. Although the victims could not identify the assailants, they suspected that…