State v. James

¶1 Bryan Montez James represented himself at trial. The jury found him guilty of two counts of attempted murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He appeals, contending the court erred in allowing self-representation. He further contends (1) insufficient evidence supports his attempted murder convictions; (2) police officers’ testimony violated his confrontation rights; (3) use of his juvenile convictions to determine his offender score violates his right to a jury trial under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S. Ct. 2348, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2000) and Blakely v.…