State v. Damper

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 Marcus Ladale Damper, convicted of second-degree murder, contends the superior court erred by admitting in evidence a text message by the victim in violation of his rights under the Confrontation Clause and contrary to Arizona Rules of Evidence 403, 801 and 901. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Damper shot and killed C, his girlfriend, while she lay on the bed in their Glendale apartment in the late morning of January 21, 2008. 1 Damper and Christopher Barron, who also lived in the apartment, were preparing to attend a Martin Luther King,…