State v. Loftis

DIETZ, Judge.

*652 Defendant Virginia Lee Loftis appeals her convictions for trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and maintaining a dwelling place for keeping and *649 selling controlled substances. Her *653 two arguments share a common theme-an effort to shift the responsibility to preserve arguments and build an appellate record away from defense counsel and onto the trial court.

We reject these arguments. Loftis first contends that the trial court erred by failing, on its own initiative, to conduct a voir dire hearing to confirm that Loftis's incriminating in-custody statements…