State v. Chacano

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Vincente Chacano appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of attempted murder. Because the trial court did not err in admitting an audio recording of the courtroom scuffle, sufficient evidence exists to sustain the convictions, and the prosecutor’s improper statement in closing argument does not reach the level of obvious error, we affirm the criminal judgment.

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[¶ 2] In February 2011, Chacano was on trial in Adams County, but he was not in custody of law enforcement. After closing arguments, Chacano left to eat lunch, and he…