State v. Rockette

¶ 1. Xavier J. Rockette appeals from a judgment convicting him of two felonies as party to a crime, first-degree intentional homicide while in possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon, and from an order denying his postconviction motion. Rockette challenges the judgment and order of the trial court on four grounds.

¶ 2. First, he mounts a Confrontation Clause challenge, under the authority of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), to the testimony of Lonnie Grandberry. Second, Rockette claims the prosecutor improperly vouched for Grandberry's credibility…