Warren v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Byron Warren was sentenced to life imprisonment and a term of years for malice murder and armed robbery arising out of the shooting death of Gabriel Rodriguez. He appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, 1 challenging the admission of hearsay evidence, the propriety of certain jury instructions and the trial court’s finding that his trial counsel was not ineffective. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

1. Construed in a light to support the verdict, the evidence established that the victim was robbed and then shot to death in…