Symonette v. State

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for First Degree Murder with a Firearm While Wearing a Mask (count I) and Robbery with a Deadly Weapon (count II). He raises a single issue: whether the trial court erred in admitting photographs of text messages from the defendant’s phone. We find no error and affirm.

The charges arose from the following facts. Three masked individuals armed with firearms entered a convenience store. The individuals robbed the store’s owner and shot him four times. The victim died on the scene. A customer, who hid in the back aisle after the robbers entered,…